Evans, Freddi Williams

Although she really wants to go to school, walking the five miles is very difficult for Mabel Jean and the other African-American children, so she tries to find a way to get a bus for them the same as the white children have. Based on real events in Mississippi.

"Old Jordan" tells how, when he was a boy, he used his drum to summon General Andrew Jackson's troops into action in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.

While Simmy watches for danger from high in a tree, other slaves gather in a hidden spot in the woods to sing and pray together in their own way, risking their lives in pursuit of religious freedom. Includes historical facts about hush, or brush, arbors and the churches that grew from them.

Although she really wants to go to school, walking the five miles is very difficult for Mabel Jean and the other African-American children, so she tries to find a way to geta bus for them the same as the white children have. Based on real events in Mississippi.