The gold Cadillac
By: Mildred D. Taylor ; pictures by Michael Hays.
Contributors: Hays, Michael, 1956- ill.; Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
ISBN-13: 9780803703438
Subjects: African Americans -- Fiction; Prejudices -- Fiction; Race relations -- Fiction; Southern States -- Race relations -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
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Description: This book is another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. A drive South becomes dangerous for 'Lois and her family. 'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new car; only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel. For the first time in their lives, Lois and her sister know what it's like to feel scared because of the color of their skin. - Publisher.

Two black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.