num_pages: 222
description: Eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919, when her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago, hoping to leave the racism and hatred of the South behind.
language: English
title: Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North
titlecomplete: Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (Dear America)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, American History, Diary, Childrens, Historical Fiction, African American
ratings_count: 2779
places: Chicago, Illinois
series: Dear America
publisher: Scholastic Inc.