Linda Brown, you are not Alone : : the Brown v. Board of Education Decision : a Collection
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Who is Linda Brown? ; Introduction / Joyce Carol Thomas -- Wonamona / Jerry Spinelli -- Desegregation ; Legacy / Eloise Greenfield -- Anthony / Lois Lowry -- St. Louis / Quincy Troupe -- The prophet / Katherine Paterson -- Stormy weather / Joyce Carol Thomas -- Mike and me / Michael Cart -- Color blind / Ishmael Reed -- The awakening / Jean Craighead George -- My dear colored people / Leona Nicholas Welch.
A collection of personal reflections, stories and poems of 10 well-known children's authors, who were themselves young people in 1954 when the Supreme Court handed down the decision to desegregate public schools. Their varied experiences and viewpoints offer a window to that period in our history.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: xxi, 114 p. : col. ill. ; cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 560
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0786808217
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Thomas, Joyce Carol.
James, Curtis, 1966-
SUBJECTS
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Race relations.
United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
United States -- Race relations.