It was the third play made in collaboration between Scholastic Entertainment and John F. McKissack Book 18 of the Dear America Series Twelveyearold Nellie Lees family moves north to Chicago in hopes of escaping the. Color Me Dark: A Story of the Great Migration North is a stage play written by Jerome Hairston based on Patricia C. |y . Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia C. McKissack See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.19 - 4.69 Paperback 4.09 - 4. |y .i32447693 |i 31740001752991 |l barc |s - |k |u 5 |x 0 |w 0 |v 0 |t 10 |z 09-05-00 |o l |f CHILDREN |a FICTION McKissack, P. McKissack, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King award-winning author, storyteller, and writer of Color Me Dark, a title from Scholastic's. |a African Americans |v Juvenile fiction.

|a Eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919, when her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago, hoping to leave the racism and hatred of the South behind. |a Color me dark : |b the diary of Nellie Lee Love, the great migration North / |c by Patricia C.

Color me dark by patricia c mckissack