Title:
Miles to go for freedom : segregation & civil rights in the Jim Crow years / Linda Barrett Osborne.
ISBN:
9781419700200
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Publication Information:
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2012]
©2012
Physical Description:
ix, 118 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm
General Note:
"Published in association with the Library of Congress"--T.p.
Contents:
Introduction -- The South -- The North -- The nation -- Time line.
Summary:
Told through first-person accounts, photographs, and other primary sources, this book is an overview of racial segregation and early civil rights efforts in the United States from the 1890s to 1954, a period known as the Jim Crow years. Multiple perspectives are examined as the book looks at the impact of legal segregation and discrimination on the day-to-day life of black and white Americans across the country.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8.4 5.0 149201.
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OCLC Number:
ocn707968757
Availability:
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