Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1995. Subtitled "a true story from the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle," this is the story of the Carter family of Sunflower County Mississippi. When offered the "freedom of choice" Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter enrolled their seven school-age children in the formerly all-white schools - this is the story of what happened to them after that. Introduction by Marian Wright Edelman. Publisher's material laid in. Also accompanying this proof is a printed prepublication excerpt in glossy illustrated wrappers of Edelman's introduction.