If the Fire Comes: A Story of Segregation during the Great Depression
I Am America IF THE FIRE COMES A Story of Segregation during the Great Depression By Tracy Daley Illustrated by Eric Freeberg Consultant Andrew Lee Feight PhD Professor of American History Shawnee State University Jolly Fish Press Mendota Heights Minnesota
I Am America IF THE FIRE COMES A Story of Segregation during the Great Depression
Chapter One August 5 1935 Mission Save the Pigeons Operative Joseph McCoy Summary It's been a week since I brought the pigeons home They made Maya smile The last few months since she's had polio have been hard Her legs don't work right anymore and she's been stuck in bed There are two things that cheer her up My spy stories and the presents I bring home the pigeons being the best find so far I tell her the story every night to see if she'll smile again how I knew the gambler a pigeon racer was down on his luck I'd shined his shoes a