Locked up for freedom, civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
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Locked up for freedom, civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
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eng
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
Locked up for freedom
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
Summary
In 1963, more than 30 African-American girls ages 11 to 16 were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. They were taken without their families' knowledge to a Civil War-era stockade in Leesburg, Georgia, where they were confined in unsanitary conditions and exposed to brutal treatment. Over the following weeks, their commitment to the fight for equality was put to the test. Combining historical research and personal interviews with several of the girls, Heather E. Schwartz brings this true story of the Civil Rights Movement to life
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juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
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- African American civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature
- African American girls -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American prisoners -- Georgia -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature
- Electronic books
- Prisons -- Georgia -- Leesburg (Lee County) -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Americus
- African American girls -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century
- African American prisoners -- Georgia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia
- Prisons -- Georgia -- Leesburg (Lee County)
- African American civil rights workers -- Georgia
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century
- Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.) -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Americus -- Juvenile literature
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- Subject17
- African American civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature
- African American girls -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American prisoners -- Georgia -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature
- Electronic books
- Prisons -- Georgia -- Leesburg (Lee County) -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Americus
- African American girls -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century
- African American prisoners -- Georgia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia
- Prisons -- Georgia -- Leesburg (Lee County)
- African American civil rights workers -- Georgia
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century
- Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.) -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Americus -- Juvenile literature
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- Author1