William Loren Katz
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A biographical history of influential African American pioneers and freedom fighters in the Midwest, including Sara Jane Woodson, Peter Clark, and Dred Scott.
After not being allowed to vote, testify in court, or send their kids to school, African Americans had to create a system of their own, in a book that examines the institutions they made and the struggles they faced to gain equality.--