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Locked Up for Freedom: Civil Rights Protesters at the Leesburg Stockade

In 1963, more than 30 African American girls, ages 11-14, were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. They were taken without their families' knowledge to a Civil-War-era stockade in Leesburg, Georgia where they were confined in unsanitary conditions and exposed to demoralizing treatment. Over the following weeks, their commitment to the fight for equality was put to the test. Combining historical information with firsthand accounts from the detained protesters, this book brings the civil rights movement to life for young readers.