Freedom Summer
- ISBN-10
- 0689830165
- ISBN-13
- 9780689830167
- Series
- Freedom Summer
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Deborah Wiles
Description
In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is black, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.
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