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A tugging string

a novel about growing up during the Civil Rights era

by Greenberg, David

Juvenile fictionFictionCivil rights movementsHistoryChildren's fictionAfrican americans, fiction

A fictionalized account of the author's years growing up in Great Neck, New York, during the turbulent civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s, when African Americans were struggling to attain equality, with his father, who was a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Includes commentary from the author's father, Jack Greenberg.

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Book data: Open Library