Can your child imagine what America was like when the law encouraged segregation? A question-and-answer guide to the civil rights movement, this book not only describes significant events and activists, but also explains what it was like to be a child observer to the upheaval. Special sections discuss whether equal rights have been achieved and include the sheet music for "We Shall Overcome."

Annie, the daughter of a musical family, wishes she could be in the band like her brother, or play the piano like her sister, but no matter which instrument she tries, the results are a disaster, until she realizes her talents lie elsewhere.