Fred Powledge
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Description
Fred Powledge was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1957, he graduated from the University of North Carolina. During the 1960s, he worked as a reporter covering the civil rights movement, first for the Atlanta Journal and then for The New York Times. In 1963, he and his wife moved from Atlanta to New York. In 1966, he left reporting to become a full-time freelance writer. His first book, Black Power/White Resistance: Notes on the New Civil War, was published in 1967. He has written seventeen books and many articles. In 1991, he also began writing editorial commentaries.
Books
Water
Pharmacy in the forest
Identifies medicinal plants and their natural habitats while also explaining how these plants are found and tested for medical value.
Free at last?
We Shall Overcome
Examines the system of segregation that existed in the United States until the mid-twentieth century and discusses the civil rights movement that changed this system.
You'll survive!
Explores the experience of adolescence, its physical and emotional stages, and the relationships between teenagers and parents, other adults, peers, school, the media, and society, and suggests ways of coping with common problems.
So You're Adopted
Examines the personal concerns and questions that sometimes trouble adopted youngsters and their families. Also discusses the social and legal aspects of adoption.
Born on the circus
Describes the hard work and excitement of circus life as seen through the eyes of an eleven-year-old who performs as juggler, trampoline artist, and horseback rider.
Mud Show
A 'mud show' is what circus people call a medium-sized tented circus that tours from town to town. Fred Powledge's book follows such a show, the Hoxie Brothers Circus, for its full 1974 season.