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Tomorrow Begins Now: Teen Heroes Who Faced Down Injustice

by Ava Lorelei Deakin

Teen activism across generations

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Teen activism across generations

Ava Lorelei Deakin’s book brings together eleven accounts of young activists who challenged injustice while still teenagers. Spanning the 1950s to the present, the stories connect individual campaigns with wider struggles over racial equality, freedom of speech, and LGBTQ+ rights. The description names Minnijean Brown Trickey, a member of the Little Rock Nine, and Constance McMillen, whose effort to attend prom with her girlfriend is included among the featured stories. Exclusive interviews are also part of the book, adding firsthand perspectives to its collection of activism and civil-rights histories.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in civil and human rights
  • Readers seeking nonfiction accounts of youth activism
  • Readers interested in racial equality, free speech, and LGBTQ+ rights

Themes

Youth activismCivil and human rightsRacial equalityFreedom of speechLGBTQ+ rights

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Book overview

Are you ready to change the world? The eleven teen activists in this book were!

 

Tomorrow Begins Now: Teen Heroes Who Faced Down Injustice tells the inspiring stories of activists fighting for their civil rights and liberties while still in their teens.

 

These stories, spanning from the 1950s to today, show the real impact teens have had on the most important issues of their day⁠-from racial equality to freedom of speech to LGBTQ+ rights.

 

This book features exclusive interviews with activists such as:

  • Minnijean Brown Trickey. A member of the Little Rock Nine who fought for school desegregation.
  • Constance McMillen. The teen who fought to bring her girlfriend to prom, inspiring the Broadway musical "The Prom".
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