Cobblestone. April 2008. 29 (4).
Cobblestone is distributed by Carus Publishing. Winner of the George Washington Honor Medal, the 1996 Parents' Choice Magazine Gold Award, and the 2006 Parents' Choice Magazine Silver Award; Cobblestone's target audience is upper elementary grade children. Each issue of Cobblestone is dedicated to different occurrences of historical significance. The April 2008 issue details the Civil Rights Movement including historical events such as the Jim Crow laws; inacted to circumvent the rights established under the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution, Thurgood Marshall successfully arguing before the Supreme Court that "racial segregation in interstate commerce" was unconstitutional, and protests against the "whites only" set up of many public conveniences. Cobblestone is a well-written, interesting magazine packed with information. It is an excellent informational read and teaching tool.
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