She Stood for Freedom

The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

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Pub Date 02 Aug 2016 | Archive Date 31 Aug 2016

Description

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was a white teenager in the South during Segregation who put herself on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle. This is the first biography about her experiences, published simultaneously in picture book and middle grade editions, detailing the many events she participated in. She attended demonstrations and sit-ins and was one of the Freedom Riders in 1961 who was arrested and put on death row for months at the notorious Parchman Penitentiary. She was the first white person to join in the 1963 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-ins in Jackson, Mississippi, and that same year participated in the March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King and the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965 which contributed to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act that year. Her willingness to stand up for justice has been an inspiration, "Anyone can make a difference. It doesn't matter how old or young you are. Find a problem, get some friends together, and go fix it. Remember, you don't have to change the world . . . just change your world."
 
The edition for readers ages 8 and older uses collage art and blends photographs from the period with the text, and features sidebar commentary from Joan, reflecting on those years. It also includes riveting primary source documents from Joan's personal archives like the letter sent to Joan's mother during Joan's arrest at Parchman Penitentiary. On official letterhead of the state, the warden exhibits the deep racism of the time by admonishing her mother for permitting a "white minor girl to gang up with a bunch of Negro bucks and white hoodlums."  This edition of She Stood for Freedom unforgettably and insightfully conveys the turmoil and tone of the Civil Rights era.

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was a white teenager in the South during Segregation who put herself on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle. This is the first biography about her experiences...


A Note From the Publisher

Available as a picture book for ages 4-7 and middle grade edition for ages 8 & up.

Available as a picture book for ages 4-7 and middle grade edition for ages 8 & up.


Advance Praise

"A wonderfully written book about a wonderful, worthy hero. An individual who I greatly admire."-Hank Thomas, Civil Rights activist, one of the original Freedom Riders, one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

"She Stood for Freedom will help young people understand that "ordinary" people, like Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, were as important to the successes gained during the Civil Rights Movement, as better known players like Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Her story also illustrates that you are never too young to do the right thing. This book will help young people better understand how they too can be heroes and "s-heroes" and stand up for justice and equality for all people."-Terri Lee Freeman, President, National Civil Rights Museum

"It was my privilege to meet Joan Trumpauer Mulholland in 1961 when she was one of a dozen nonviolent, civil rights activists embarking on a risky, inter-racial bus ride from Washington, D.C. to the heart of the deep South. As a reporter, it was my role to follow their journey and let the world know what they encountered as they faced down a lawless system of racial injustice. Now, as then, I am humbled by their courage and the changes they brought about in our society. This well-written and beautifully illustrated book is one to be savored and shared with future generations who may need to look within themselves for similar courage."-Simeon Booker, award-winning journalist and author of Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement

"A wonderfully written book about a wonderful, worthy hero. An individual who I greatly admire."-Hank Thomas, Civil Rights activist, one of the original Freedom Riders, one of the founders of the...


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Featured Reviews

There is an iconic photo taken at the sit-in at Woolworth’s where there are three people sitting at the counter: a white man, a white woman and a black woman. All of them are covered in different condiments and drinks. The white woman has her head turned away from the camera. Her name is Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. This book is the story of her involvement in the Civil Rights movement. It is the story of wanting to make a difference in the world that she lived in. It is about viewing the skin color of another person and seeing past the visual difference and looking at the similarities. It is about her choice to fight for change in the world around her. It is a moving story that looks at one person who chose to walk along the side of black people and help make change possible. From sit-ins, jail-ins, marches and picketing to meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and listening to him speak. Joan was a part of history and it’s time to learn her name.
I’m glad I read this book for many reasons. It gives me faith in humanity. Sometimes we need to be reminded that there is still good in people and this book helped do that for me. Joan didn’t have to take part in the Civil Rights movement. As a white women she was nowhere near as affected by what was going on in the world as the black population and yet she risked her life to make a difference because she knew what was happening wasn’t right. It wasn’t just. She made a decision to be a part of the change instead of a bystander. It shows that when people work together changes can be made.
As it’s written right now, I feel like this book still needs some editing. The transitions through topics can be better. Young readers will find this easy to understand but it may be a little hard to follow in its current state. The artwork was done very well and the book presents itself nicely. Overall I found this to be a worthwhile story that needs to be told.

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