Displaying 1 of 1 2018 Format: Book Author: Schwartz, Heather E., author. Title: Locked up for freedom : civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade / by Heather E. Schwartz. Publisher, Date: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2018] Description: 64 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm 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. Target Audience Note: Grades 4-6. Ages 10-14. Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African American girls -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African American prisoners -- Georgia -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African American civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature. Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Americus -- Juvenile literature. Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature. Prisons -- Georgia -- Leesburg (Lee County) -- Juvenile literature. Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Other Title: Civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Life as usual -- Movement toward change -- Under arrest! -- Inside Leesburg Stockade -- Doing time -- Power in pictures -- Going home -- Life after Leesburg. LCCN: 2016036953 ISBN: 9781467785976 1467785970 Other Number: 966631989 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 689711 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: j 323.1196 Schwartz Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
