Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago
by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman
Through two award-winning National Public Radio documentaries, and now this powerful... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1997
Word Count 34,355
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 660L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 55301, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--Case studies
- Inner cities--Illinois--Chicago
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Photography | Photojournalism
- Newman, Lloyd
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions
- Jones, LeAlan
- History | General
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- African American boys--Illinois--Chicago--Biography
- Sociology
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About the Authors 2
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