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Book

Free at last! : stories and songs of Emancipation

Call Number

  • J 973.7 R (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004.

Physical Description

63 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Summary

Describes the experiences of African Americans in the South, from the Emancipation in 1863 to the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared school segregation illegal.

Subjects

Added Authors

Shane Evans