When Grandmama Sings (Hardcover)

from taramankin

This story takes place in Pecan Flats, Mississippi at a time when segregation was still an issue. A young girl named Belle travels with her Grandmama and a band while they go on tour and perform in different cities. They experience segregation through out each city and come across "Whites only" r...

from Sullywriter

Beautiful illustrations and a great story set in the segregated south.

from lakertraw

This is a story about Belle's grandmother who goes on a singing tour around the segregated south. During the trip, Belle sees that many establishments have white only signs just as they did back in her home town of Pecan Flats. She sees that restaurants, hotels, and even the theaters that her gra...

from nbmars

This is a fictional story set in the 1940's about Belle, a young girl who accompanies her talented grandmother and her jazz band on a singing tour through Southern towns. As they travel from town to town, the author shows the different kinds of discrimination they would have faced in the Jim Crow...