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Locked up for freedom : civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade /

"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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Heather E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2017]
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.
African American civil rights workers.
African American girls.
African American prisoners > Social conditions.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights demonstrations.
Civil rights movements.
Prisons.
Georgia.
Georgia > Americus.
Georgia > Leesburg (Lee County)
African Americans > Civil rights > Georgia > History > 20th century.
African American girls > Georgia > History > 20th century.
African American prisoners > Georgia > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American civil rights workers > Georgia.
Civil rights demonstrations > Georgia > Americus.
Civil rights movements > Georgia.
Prisons > Georgia > Leesburg (Lee County)
Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.) > History > 20th century.
1900-1999
History.
Juvenile works.
Description
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.
Physical Description:64 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Audience:Grades 4-6.
Ages 10-14.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781467785976
1467785970