Title: White Lilacs
Description: Young Rose Lee Jefferson is shocked to learn that the white residents of Dillon, Texas, want to raze the city’s black enclave, Freedomtown, and build a park in its place. Rose Lee and the other residents of Freedomtown cannot bear the thought of losing their homes. But fighting the city’s plans could be costly—or even life-threatening. Will the families of Freedomtown be able to save their thriving community?
Subjects: Race relations, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, African Americans, History, Children's fiction, Race relations, fiction, African americans, fiction, Texas, fiction
Places: Texas
Time periods: 1865-1950