leesburg (lee county, ga.)

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leesburg (lee county, ga.)

Locked up for freedom

civil rights protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
2018
"In 1963, more than 30 African American girls, ages 11-14, were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. Then came a greater ordeal: confinement in a Civil-War-era stockade."--Provided by publisher.
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