| Author(s) | James Howe |
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| Age Group | 10-14 |
| Publisher | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| ISBN | 978-0689839566 |
| Year | 2003 |
Four best friends are trying to survive the seventh grade as they are teased about their weight, height, intelligence and sexual orientation/gender expression. These four friends decide to fight back by running for student council and creating a platform aimed at wiping out name-calling of all kinds.
Bayard Rustin was a "troublemaker." He spent his life disrupting racism and prejudice with nonviolent direct action. He organized protests against war, nuclear weapons, racial segregation and discrimination. He was a friend and mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and he was unapologetically gay and Black. When Bayard and his mentor, A. Philip Randolph, set out to organize the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Bayard was targeted by those who wished to see the movement fail. But Bayard Rustin would not be stopped. With the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, Bayard organized the largest protest in civil rights history.
