Books with author Gary Spender Jeffrey

The Montgomery bus boycott was a pivotal event that launched the civil rights movement and helped transform American society. This epic tale of courage and peaceful resistance began with a simple No spoken by an African American seamstress. When Rosa Parks, exhausted after a long day at work, refused to give up her bus seat for a white man, she defied the strict segregation laws that made blacks second-class citizens. What followed was a test of courage and resolve that ultimately reshaped the nation. Using powerful illustrations and accessible text, this exciting graphic novel tells the story of actions, arrests, and the dramatic events that followed.

In the six titles comprising the Graphic Modern History series, each book begins with four pages of history detailing the events of World War II that occurred in a particular theater of war, or area of battle. The factual text, historic photographs and further information in these spreads set the stage for three compelling stories that follow which are presented in full-color graphic novel format. Simultaneous.

In graphic novel format, explores "how British Captain T.E. Lawrence and a band of mostly Bedouin warriors attacked the Hejaz railway in Jordan, how the 4th and 12th Australian Light Horse Brigade made one of the last-ever calvary charges at Beersheba in Palestine, [and] how the 22nd London Regiment captured a strategic position led by British Lieutenant Colonel Burton kicking a ball"--Page 4 of cover.

In a landmark case known as Brown v. Board of Education, the US Supreme Court changed American society forever when it ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional. This exciting graphic novel intertwines two tales to illuminate events leading up to this dramatic episode in US history. One is the story of African Americans long struggle for equal rights following the Civil War. The other is the account of the personal struggles and triumphs of Thurgood Marshall, the African American lawyer who argued the case before the Supreme Court. Accessible text and lively illustrations engage readers and help them experience the drama of events as if they were there.

"As the Soviet Union attempted to expand the influence of communism around the world, the United States responded with a policy called 'containment' to prevent it. The war in Vietnam was a Cold War conflict that saw North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, invade South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries"--

In the six titles comprising the Graphic Modern History series, each book begins with four pages of history detailing the events of World War II that occurred in a particular theater of war, or area of battle. The factual text, historic photographs and further information in these spreads set the stage for three compelling stories that follow which are presented in full-color graphic novel format. Simultaneous.