Freedom Summer
In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is colored, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.
Main Author: | Wiles, Deborah. |
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Other Authors: | Lagarrigue, Jerome. (Illustrator) |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
2001.
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Subjects: |
Summary: |
In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is colored, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists. |
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Physical Description: |
1 v.: ill. |
ISBN: |
0689830165 |
Author Notes: |
Jerome Lagarrigue was born and grew up in Paris, France, in a family of artists. Mr. Lagarrigue is the illustrator of Freedom Summer as well as My Man Blue by Nikki Grimes, and his work has also appeared in the New Yorker and on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he teaches drawing and painting at Parsons School of Design and lives in Brooklyn, New York. |