race relations

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race relations

The friendship

1987
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly African American man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.

Mississippi bridge

1990
During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River.

Yo! Yes?

1993
Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.
Cover image of Yo! Yes?

Chicken Sunday

1992
To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
Cover image of Chicken Sunday

Bein' with you this way

1994
A poem about human differences and similarities, accompanied by paintings of an interracial group of children sharing a sunny day and the universal childhood joy of just being together.
Cover image of Bein' with you this way

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