Linda Barrett Osborne: 3 books
Miles to Go for Freedom
Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Told through unforgettable first-person accounts, photographs, and other primary sources, this book is an overview of racial segregation and early civil rights efforts in the United States from the 1890s to 1954, a period known as the Jim Crow years. Multiple perspectives are examined as the book...
This Land Is Our Land
A History of American Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
A 2017 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist!
American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxical. On the one hand, we see our country as a haven for the poor and oppressed; anyone, no matter his or her background, can find freedom here and achieve the “American Dream.” On the other...
Come On In, America
The United States in World War I
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany and joined World War I. German submarine attacks on American ships in March 1917 were the overt motive for declaring war, but the underlying reasons were far more complex. Even after the United States officially joined, Americans were divided...