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Taylor,
Mildred D.
THE
MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE
New
York : Dial Books, 1990.
IL 3-6
RL 5.9
ISBN
0553159925
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a rainy day in the 1930's, Jeremy Simms, a young white boy, sits at a bus
stop and watches the world around him. He sees the everyday life in Depression
era Mississippi. He witnesses the unfair treatment of African Americans.
When the bus finally arrives, Jeremy watches as the African Americans are
forced to take seats at the back of the bus. When a white family arrives,
the African Americans are told to get off the bus to make room for the
new arrivals. Find out how this fateful trip turns out. |
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SUBJECTS:
Race relations -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Prejudices -- Fiction
Southern States -- Race relations -- Fiction |
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