Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 28.38 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Freedom Train
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Two national Freedom Trains have toured the United States: the 1947-49 special exhibit Freedom Train and the 1975-76 American Freedom Train which celebrated the United States Bicentennial. Each train had its own special red, white and blue paint scheme and its own itinerary and route around the 48 contiguous states, stopping to display Americana and related historical artifacts. The 1940s Freedom Train exhibit was integrated--black and white viewers were allowed to mingle freely. When town officials in Birmingham, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee, refused to allow blacks and whites to see the exhibits at the same time, the Freedom Train skipped the planned visits, amid significant controversy.

Author: Evelyn Coleman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9781442436534
Size: 48.82 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Now in paperback, an enthralling account of a young boy’s struggle to help freedom triumph over fear in the 1940s American South. It’s 1947, and twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason is proud to have an older brother who guards the Freedom Train—a train that is traveling to all forty-eight states carrying the country’s most important documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Clyde is chosen to say the Freedom Pledge at the train’s stop in Atlanta, but his terrible stage fright forces him to refuse the honor. Instead, it’s the class bully, Phillip, who gets selected, and he begins to torment Clyde. When an African-American boy saves him from a beating, Clyde is shocked. Especially when he learns that William lives in the white part of town. How can this be? And why can’t he bring himself to be friends with William? Clyde hasn’t told his parents he won’t perform the pledge, nor has he mentioned his confusing friendship with a boy of color. So when the townspeople threaten William’s family, Clyde has a choice to make: Will he keep quiet, or stand up for real freedom? Ideal for classrooms, Freedom Train contains historical photos of the Freedom Train and its guards, as well as an author’s note that provides additional information about the history of the Freedom Train.

Author: Patsy Simms
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780769293776
Size: 19.37 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Music is the best teacher and no one knows this better than Patsy Ford Simms. Realizing the need for a fun and motivational way to teach the sensitive and important subject of slavery and the fight for freedom, Patsy set about the task of writing a musical for children that would accomplish this goal. She did it with flare, using Harriet Tubman as the key figure for this musical. Easy, memorable, and historically accurate, this is a must for every older elementary and middle school group. Grades four through eight.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 24.68 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 53.19 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Grenada
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Author: Julia Pferdehirt
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870204742
Size: 11.76 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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People running from slavery made many hard journeys to find freedom—on steamboats and in carriages, across rivers and in hay-covered wagons. Some were shot at. Many were chased by slave catchers. Others hid in tunnels and secret rooms. But these troubles were worth it for the men, women, and children who eventually reached freedom. Freedom Train North tells the stories of fugitive slaves who found help in Wisconsin. Young readers (ages 7 to 12) will meet people like Joshua Glover, who was broken out of jail by a mob of freedom workers in Milwaukee, and Jacob Green, who escaped five times before he finally made it to freedom. This compelling book also introduces stories of the strangers who hid fugitive slaves and helped them on their way, brave men and women who broke the law to do what was right. As both a historian and a storyteller, author Julia Pferdehirt shares these exciting and important stories of a dangerous time in Wisconsin’s past. Using manuscripts, letters, and artifacts from the period, as well as stories passed down from one generation to another, Pferdehirt takes us deep into our state’s past, challenging and inspiring us with accounts of courage and survival.

Author: Rhonda Sims
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578055767
Size: 70.76 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Animal rescue
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Fur Tales will allow readers an in-depth and personal look into the world of animal rescue and transports, as experienced by Freedom Train Animal Rescue Transports founder Rhonda Sims. Sims shares the often misunderstood motivations, and emotional highs and lows of her involvement in animal rescue and transport. Be prepared to experience a plethora of emotions as you read the incredible stories of the people and animals featured in this book. Sims' stories are real and as such contain stories of animals that have been saved from shelters and neglectful/abusive situations. Rest assured that for every painful first impression, there are wonderful end results as each of the animals featured in this book has found lasting love and permanent homes. The main purpose of this book is to raise awareness of the problems facing our society in regards to animal welfare. Sims hopes to motivate people to reconsider such things as spaying/neutering and chaining of animals, and to consider becoming part of the solution.

Author: Sharon Gayle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689854803
Size: 72.54 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Introduces Harriet Tubman, from her birth into slavery, through her daring escape to freedom in the north, to her tireless efforts during the Civil War to free other slaves via the Underground Railroad. Simultaneous.

Author: Patsy Ford Simms
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780769293783
Size: 26.43 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
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Music is the best teacher and no one knows this better than Patsy Ford Simms. Realizing the need for a fun and motivational way to teach the sensitive and important subject of slavery and the fight for freedom, Patsy set about the task of writing a musical for children that would accomplish this goal. She did it with flare, using Harriet Tubman as the key figure for this musical. Easy, memorable, and historically accurate, this is a must for every older elementary and middle school group. Grades four through eight.

Author: Novel Units, Inc. Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781605390222
Size: 49.85 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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