Freedom Summer Book Theme. Holsaert, martha prescod norman noonan, judy richardson, betty garman robinson, jean smith young, and dorothy m. Facts which could be dry and even boring if given in abstract take on life and meaning in the particular.
It takes place in the south. It begins with two friends enjoying the leisurely pace of summer, hanging around, being friends together, swimming in a local creek. Blacks had been restricted from voting since the turn of the century due to barriers to voter registration and other laws.
I wanted to swim in that pool!
Facts which could be dry and even boring if given in abstract take on life and meaning in the particular. The reader is shown how what life. This is the story of a young (white) boy living in the early 1960’s who has a black friend. I wanted to swim in that pool!