
ALSC Notable Book
NCSS Carter G. Woodson Award, Secondary Level Winner
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book
Finalist, Jane Addams Children's Book Award
Junior Library Guild Selection
Chicago Public Library Best Informational Book for...

In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob in what became known as the Elaine Massacre. Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve...

In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob in what became known as the Elaine Massacre. Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve...