Double V Campaign - African Americans Fighting for Freedom At Home and Abroad

This book tells the rousing story of the Double V campaign, started during World War II to encourage Black Americans to fight two wars for democracy at once: one overseas and the other at home. It reveals to young adults how the campaign gave voice to Black communities and helped spawn the civil rights movement of the following decades.

About the author

Lea Lyon is a children's book author and illustrator, active in the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She has illustrated six award-winning trade picture books and a middle grade novella and written a picture book. Her most recent books include It Rained Warm Bread, by Hope Anita Smith with Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet (illustrated by Lyon)-which garnered a starred review from Kirkus, a 2019 Best Nonfiction Book in Verse for Young Readers from Kirkus, and an ALA Notable book for 2020-and Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina, by Lyon and A. LaFaye-picked up by Scholastic Book Club and included in the Independent Bookstore Kids Next list.

Summary

This book tells the rousing story of the Double V campaign, started during World War II to encourage Black Americans to fight two wars for democracy at once: one overseas and the other at home. It reveals to young adults how the campaign gave voice to Black communities and helped spawn the civil rights movement of the following decades.

Product details

• Authors: Lea Lyon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781538184653
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8465-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars, Social and cultural history, Warfare, battles, armed forces (Children's / Teenage), YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / General, Relating to African American / Black American people, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics