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Author

Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949-

Title Miles to go for freedom : segregation & civil rights in the Jim Crow years / Linda Barrett Osborne.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2012.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Nettels Non-Fiction	305.896 OSBORNE	---	Available
PHS Non-Fiction	305.896 Osborne	---	Available
Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction	J 305.896 Osb	---	Available

Description	ix, 118 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 26 cm.
Note	"Published in association with the Library of Congress."
Summary	Told through first-person accounts, Library of Congress records, and other primary sources, an overview of racial segregation and early civil rights efforts in Jim Crow America examines the period from various perspectives while explaining the impact of legal segregation and discrimination.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-113) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The South -- The North -- The nation -- Time line.
Study Program	ACCELERATED READER UG RL 8.4 5.0 GNET PHS
Source	NBK 2/12 PPLY
Subject	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.
	United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Race relations.
Added Author	Library of Congress.
ISBN	9781419700200 (lib. bdg.)
	1419700200 (lib. bdg.)