Fighting for justice

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Atkins, Laura
White, Arisa
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1. Fred Korematsu speaks up

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The first major book for young people to tell the Internment story of one man and to talk about how he fought against its legality for 40 years and won.

2. Biddy Mason speaks up

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This book introduces young readers to another real-life champion for civil rights: Bridget Biddy 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 she was going to be taken to a slave state, she launched a plan to win her freedom. She refused...