
The rock and the river
About this book
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
Subjects
FictionBlack Panther PartyBrothersRacismUnited StatesCivil rights movementsAfrican AmericansHistoryJuvenile fictionCivil rightsCivil rights movements, fictionChildren's fictionBrothers and sisters, fictionAfrican americans, fictionUnited states, history, 20th century, fictionRace relations, fictionFamily, fiction