Freedom Lessons
eBook - ePub

Freedom Lessons

A Novel

  1. 246 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Freedom Lessons

A Novel

About this book

Told alternately, by Colleen, an idealistic young white teacher; Frank, a black high school football player; and Evelyn, an experienced black teacher, Freedom Lessons is the story of how the lives of these three very different people intersect in a rural Louisiana town in 1969. Colleen enters into the culture of the rural Louisiana town with little knowledge of the customs and practices. She is compelled to take sides after the school is integrated—an overnight event for which the town’s residents are unprepared, and which leads to confusion and anxiety in the community—and her values are tested as she seeks to understand her black colleagues, particularly Evelyn. Why doesn’t she want to integrate the public schools? Frank, meanwhile, is determined to protect his mother and siblings after his father’s suspicious death—which means keeping a secret from everyone around him. Based on the author’s experience teaching in Louisiana in the late sixties, this heartfelt, unflinching novel about the unexpected effects of school integration during that time takes on the issues our nation currently faces regarding race, unity, and identity.

Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
Year
2019
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781631526114
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Author Note
  5. Chapter 1. Colleen: Wednesday, July 2, 1969
  6. Chapter 2. Colleen: Monday, July 14, 1969
  7. Chapter 3. Colleen: Tuesday, August 19, 1969
  8. Chapter 4. Colleen: Monday, August 25, 1969
  9. Chapter 5. Frank: Saturday, September 6, 1969
  10. Chapter 6. Colleen: Thursday, September 11, 1969
  11. Chapter 7. Frank: Thursday, September 11, 1969
  12. Chapter 8. Evelyn: Thursday, September 11, 1969
  13. Chapter 9. Colleen: Thursday, September 11, 1969
  14. Chapter 10. Colleen: Saturday, September 13, 1969
  15. Chapter 11. Colleen: Tuesday, September 16, 1969
  16. Chapter 12. Colleen: Monday, September 22, 1969
  17. Chapter 13. Colleen: Tuesday, November 4, 1969
  18. Chapter 14. Frank: Wednesday, November 5, 1969
  19. Chapter 15. Colleen: Wednesday, November 5, 1969
  20. Chapter 16. Frank: Wednesday, November 5, 1969
  21. Chapter 17. Evelyn: Wednesday, November 5, 1969
  22. Chapter 18. Colleen: Wednesday, November 5, 1969
  23. Chapter 19. Evelyn: Wednesday, November 5, 1969
  24. Chapter 20. Frank: Thursday, November 6, 1969
  25. Chapter 21. Colleen: Saturday, November 22, 1969
  26. Chapter 22. Frank: Sunday, November 23, 1969
  27. Chapter 23. Evelyn: Wednesday, November 26, 1969
  28. Chapter 24. Colleen: Wednesday, November 26, 1969
  29. Chapter 25. Evelyn: Wednesday, November 26, 1969
  30. Chapter 26. Colleen: Thursday, February 5, 1970
  31. Chapter 27. Colleen: Monday, February 9, 1970
  32. Chapter 28. Colleen: Saturday, February 28, 1970
  33. Chapter 29. Frank: Thursday, March 5, 1970
  34. Chapter 30. Colleen: Friday, March 20, 1970
  35. Chapter 31. Evelyn: Friday, March 20, 1970
  36. Chapter 32. Frank: Saturday, March 21, 1970
  37. Chapter 33. Colleen: Monday, March 30, 1970
  38. Chapter 34. Colleen: Wednesday, April 1, 1970
  39. Chapter 35. Colleen: Friday, May 15, 1970
  40. Chapter 36. Annie Mae: Saturday, May 16, 1970
  41. Chapter 37. Frank: Saturday, May 16, 1970
  42. Chapter 38. Colleen: Saturday, May 16, 1970
  43. Chapter 39. Annie Mae: Monday, May 18, 1970
  44. Chapter 40. Colleen: Tuesday, May 19, 1970
  45. Chapter 41. Frank: Tuesday, May 19, 1970
  46. Chapter 42. Colleen: Tuesday, May 19, 1970
  47. Chapter 43. Evelyn: Thursday, May 21, 1970
  48. Chapter 44. Colleen: Thursday, May 21, 1970
  49. Chapter 45. Evelyn: Thursday, May 21, 1970
  50. Chapter 46. Frank: Thursday, May 21, 1970
  51. Chapter 47. Evelyn: Thursday, May 21, 1970
  52. Chapter 48. Frank: Thursday, May 21, 1970
  53. Chapter 49. Evelyn: Thursday, May 21, 1970
  54. Chapter 50. Evelyn: Friday, May 22, 1970
  55. Chapter 51. Frank: Friday, May 22, 1970
  56. Chapter 52. Frank: Tuesday, May 26, 1970
  57. Chapter 53. Colleen: Friday, May 29, 1970
  58. Epilogue. Colleen: Thursday, November 5, 1970
  59. Author’s Note
  60. Acknowledgments
  61. About the Author
  62. Book Club Discussion Questions
  63. Selected Titles from She Writes Press

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