Hector: A Boy, A Protest, and the Photograph that Changed Apartheid Juvenile Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography - Historical Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism African American & Black Secrets surface from generations past

Secrets surface from generations past as Moth unravels the complicated legacy at the heart of her town

a violent one

and her relationship with her lifelong friend

This is where dreams literally come true

And Josiah could finally talk to that cute girl he’s been mooning over for three years

Hector: A Boy, A Protest, and the Photograph that Changed Apartheid Juvenile Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography - Historical Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism African American & Black Secrets surface from generations pastA Junior Library Guild Selection! On June 16, 1976, Hector Pieterson, an ordinary boy, lost his life after getting caught up in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Black South African students were marching against a new law requiring that they be taught half of their subjects in Afrikaans, the language of the White government. The storys events unfold from the perspectives of Hector, his sister, and the photographer who captured their photo