Miles to go for freedom : segregation & civil rights in the Jim Crow years

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Title:

Miles to go for freedom : segregation & civil rights in the Jim Crow years

Author:

Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949-

Personal Author:

Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949-

Publication Information:

New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2012]

Physical Description:

ix, 118 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm

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.

General Note:

"Published in association with the Library of Congress"--T.p.

Language:

English

Contents:

Introduction -- The South -- The North -- The nation -- Time line.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8.4 5.0 149201.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.