The story of Leon Walter Tillage, who grew up the son of a sharecropper in North Carolina. Born in 1936, Leon attended segregated schools, endured mistreatment by the Ku Klux Klan, and took part in the civil rights movement. He recalls how the love and strength of his family helped him survive the harsh racism that dominated his early life. Told in a series of vignettes, this book is based on a speech that Tillage delivered to children at the school where he works. Collage illustrations accompany the text.
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