Oh Freedom Author:Linda Barrett Osborne A personal look at the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in a — provocative and engrossing book that is filled with passionate stories and — important information. Choosing from 500 interviews that fourth graders from — Washington, D.C., conducted with their parents, grandparents, neighbors, and — friends, the authors compiled a historica... more »l account of how ordinary people made
a difference during the civil rights movement. With a forward by Rosa Parks,
Oh, Freedom! also includes interviews with a few legendary participants,
including James Farmer (organizer of the Freedom Rides) and Walter Fauntroy
(chairman of the March on Washington). Besides the dozens of archival
photographs of important moments during the movement, readers will see
photographic portraits of the kids and adults who took part in the interviews,
In addition, three introductory essays detail each phase of the movement.
Educators, librarians, and parents will be thrilled to have such an appealing