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Locked up for freedom : civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade / by Heather E. Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Heather E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Juvenile literature.
- African American civil rights workers.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- African American prisoners--Georgia--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- African American prisoners.
- African American girls--Georgia--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- African American girls.
- Prisons--Georgia--Leesburg (Lee County)--Juvenile literature.
- Prisons.
- Civil rights movements--Georgia--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights movements.
- Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Americus--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights demonstrations.
- Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.)--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "In 1963, more than 30 African American girls, ages 11-14, were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. Then came a greater ordeal: confinement in a Civil-War-era stockade."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Life as usual
- Movement toward change
- Under arrest!
- Inside Leesburg Stockade
- Doing time
- Power in pictures
- Going home
- Life after Leesburg.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5124-7241-7
- 1-5124-2841-8
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