All the People 1945-1999

All the People 1945-1999
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All the People 1945-1999 (History of U.S., Book 10)

Description of All the People 1945-1999:

Meet Harry S. Truman, Joe McCarthy, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malolm X, Cesar Chavez, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. Full coverage of everything, including President Clinton's impeachment trial.

Information on All the People 1945-1999 from the publisher:

A History of US is a 10-volume storyteller's history of our nation written for young people from 9 to 99. It begins tens of thousands of years ago with some hunters and seagoers who head east in search of game and fish. The story continues through time and place, telling of others who sail west over a broad ocean to the same opulent land. Together these diverse peoples create a New World and make it their own. All the People takes readers from the final days of World War II to the inauguration of Bill Clinton as the 42nd President of the United States. As recounted by storyteller Joy Hakim, this tumultuous era comes to life for readers both young and old.

About Joy Hakim:

Joy Hakim is a former teacher, newspaper writer, and editor. She developed A History of US in the classroom, using children as her editors. She didn't expect to get letters from children about the books, but she has a file bulging with their letters-which she calls "an added bonus!"

Description of Joy Hakim, author of All the People 1945-1999:

During the long freeze of the Cold War, hot wars explode, overseas Americans fight in Korea and Vietnam, while at home, African-Americans take to the streets and the courts to demand their civil rights. Take a new look at Harry Truman and Joe McCarthy, LBJ and JFK, Ike and Thurgood Marshall, Elvis Presley and Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Cesar Chavez and Ronald Reagan--and two guys named Bill (Clinton and Gates). Does our land of promise have the will to become, at long last, a nation for all the people?