Free at last?
By: Claire O'Neal
Series: Footsteps to freedom. The Underground Railroad; Footsteps to freedom
Publisher: PurpleToad Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Kennett Square, PA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781624692154; 9781624692161
Subjects: African Americans; Juvenile literature; History; Civil rights movements; Race relations
Description: Free at last! Hopeful African Americans began the long journey to build their lives from scratch as U.S. law declared all slaves free in 1865. But many whites fought bitterly against change. Signs above water fountains, restrooms, and other public places clearly separated WHITES from COLOREDS, while the Ku Klux Klan terrorized the night. Leaders like Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King, Jr. stood up to the ugly reality of racism in America. Laws and hearts slowly changed to make the American Dream a possibility for all of its citizens. Today, the United States celebrates the rich history, music, and art of the black community. But with holdovers of hatred, pride, and prejudice, has the country achieved true equality?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46) and index.
Table of contents: title: Free at last; title: Jobs for free blacks; title: Whites only. Coloreds only; title: Who was Jim Crow?; title: Booker T. and W.E.B.; title: Black schools: separate, but not equal; title: The new negro finds a voice; title: Negro League Baseball; title: The march to freedom; title: Deadly discrimination?