Annotation
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.
Characters
| Name | Love, Nellie Lee |
| Gender | Girl |
| Occupation | Student |
| Trait | African American |
| Genre | Fiction Juvenile Historical Sociological |
| Topics | Diaries African Americans Racism Southern life Community life Racial identity Racial differences Racial superiority Personal growth |
| Setting | Tennessee Chicago, Illinois Illinois |
| Series | ||
| Early 20th century: dear America series | ||
| 1 | Hear my sorrow | |
| 2 | Voyage on the great Titanic | |
| 3 | Color me dark | |