Small Moments: A Child's Memories of the Civil Rights Movement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781940014067)

At the dawn of the Civil Rights movement, these words mean little to Mary, an eleven-year-old Southern transplant in New Jersey. Forced to grow up in an place so unlike her old home, Mary clings onto one thing she knows and loves: Amelia, her family's African American housemaid.

At once a stern caretaker and a tender mother-figure, Amelia's constant presence in Mary's life gradually exposes Mary to the rippling tide of unrest and inequality spreading through the nation, as well as the violent and heartbreaking ramifications of the Tuskegee experiment.

Based on a true story, "Small Moments" is a gripping and heartfelt tale of how one uneducated and underprivileged woman taught a young girl to see the world not in terms of color, but in terms of kindness, equality, and love.

Author: Mary M. Barrow
ISBN-10: 1940014069
ISBN-13: 9781940014067
Publisher: Wise Ink
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2014
Pages: 207
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d
Award: Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001