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Seeds of Freedom
by Hester Bass
Illustrator: E.B. Lewis
Ages: 6+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-0-7636-6919-5
Keywords: Civil Rights, protest, Segregation
As civil rights violence rocks the nation, Huntsville, Alabama, chooses to peacefully integrate its restaurants, movie theaters, and, finally, its schools. Warm, rich watercolors. Author's note and bibliography.