Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949-

Miles to go for freedom : segregation & civil rights in the Jim Crow years / Segregation and civil rights in the Jim Crow years Segregation & civil rights in the Jim Crow years Linda Barrett Osborne. - New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2012. - ix, 118 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm.

"Published in association with the Library of Congress."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-113) and index.

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

Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012 School Library Journal starred, January 2012 Booklist starred, May 2012 Pub Weekly, November 2011 Kirkus Starred, January 2012 Horn Book, November 2012 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2012 Library Media Connection, August 2012

Describes the lives of African Americans during the Jim Crow years, a period of legal segregation and discrimination from the 1890s through the 1950s, including photographs and interviews with African Americans who were young during this time and other primary resources.

5.7. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.



1419700200

2011022854


African Americans--Segregation--History.
African Americans--Civil rights--History.
Civil rights movements--History.


United States--Race relations.

E185.61 / .O827 2012

305.896/073/009041