Серия "Fighting for Justice"

Fred Korematsu liked listening to music on the radio, playing tennis, and hanging around with his friends—just like lots of other Americans. But everything changed when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941 and the government forced all people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes on the West Coast and move to distant prison camps. This included Fred, whose parents had immigrated to the United States from Japan many years before. But Fred refused to go. He knew that what...

Building on the brilliance of <i>Fred Korematsu Speaks Up</i>, the newest installment in the Fighting for Justice series introduces young readers to another real-life champion for civil rights: Bridget &ldquo;Biddy&rdquo; Mason, an African American philanthropist, healer, and midwife who was born into slavery. When Biddy arrived in California, where slavery was technically illegal, she was kept captive by her owners and forced to work without pay. But when Biddy learned that...