White Lilacs
About this book
Young Rose Lee Jefferson is shocked to learn that the white residents of Dillon, Texas, want to raze the city’s black enclave, Freedomtown, and build a park in its place. Rose Lee and the other residents of Freedomtown cannot bear the thought of losing their homes. But fighting the city’s plans could be costly—or even life-threatening. Will the families of Freedomtown be able to save their thriving community?
Subjects
- african americans
- african americans, fiction
- children's fiction
- fiction
- history
- juvenile fiction
- race relations
- race relations, fiction
- texas, fiction