Description This story, set in 1920, revolves around Charles "Charlie" Jackson, a twelve-and-a-half-year-old from Boley, Oklahoma, one of America\'s best-known All-Black towns.
In the process, they high-light important lessons for our present lives and for our futures..
Charlie\'s experiences illuminate a little-known slice of American history.
Through Charlie\'s eyes, we rediscover some of the values that help create a sense of com-munity: love, faith, charity, hope, perseverance, and integrity, just to name a few.
Through Charlie\'s eyes, we re-examine what it means to be part of a family, to have deep roots.
Through Charlie\'s eyes, we re-visit the impor-tance of self-esteem, of believing in oneself and one\'s unlimited potential.
They thrived, emboldened and empowered by the sense of openness and oppor-tunity the Town provided.
Boley became a kind of cocoon enshrouding African-Americans ("coloreds" or "Negroes" at the time). . .
In an era of great flux-the immediate wake of World War I; the dawn of women\'s suffrage; the rapid industrialization of America; the introduc-tion of the doomed social experiment known as "Prohibition"; the continuation of unstable race rela-tions and racial hostility, intimidation, and violence against African- Americans .
Charlie\'s window on the world offers us an up-close and personal view of this historic Town during its heyday.
Still, signifi-cant historical footprints line her streets and alleys.
Today Boley, once a thriving black mecca, is smaller and more subdued.
Description This story, set in 1920, revolves around Charles "Charlie" Jackson, a twelve-and-a-half-year-old from Boley, Oklahoma, one of America\'s best-known All-Black towns
