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Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama
32 pp.
| Candlewick |
January, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-6919-5$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
E. B. Lewis.
In this welcome story of nonviolent protests in the early-1960s Jim Crow–era South, black residents of Huntsville, Alabama, organize Blue Jean Sunday--a boycott of shops that sold traditional expensive Easter outfits; students plan a sit-in at a lunch counter; schools are integrated through persistence and peaceful methods. Bright watercolors backdrop the relevant, calmly told story.