Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People who Made it Happen
- ISBN-10
- 067989005X
- ISBN-13
- 9780679890058
- Series
- Oh, Freedom!
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 137
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Authors
- Linda Barrett Osborne, Casey King
Description
Interviews between young people and people who took part in the civil rights movement accompany essays that describe the history of efforts to make equality a reality for African Americans.
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