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• Audacious Agitation

  the Uncompromising Commitment of Black Youth to Equal Education After Brown

  Willis, Vincent D.

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  This book explores what made it difficult for educational equality to become obtainable after the Brown decision as well as the resilience and activism of younger Black students who sought to enforce equality-even when the government could not. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Separate No More

  the Long Road to Brown V. Board of Education

  Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-

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  An evocative chronicle of the battle that led to America's landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling shares insights into the abuses of the "separate but equal" system and how such courageous activists as Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Girl Stands at the Door

  the Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools

  Devlin, Rachel, author

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  The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and young women were its vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents began to file desegregation lawsuits with their daughters, forcing Thurgood Marshall and other civil rights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Your Time

  Bridges, Ruby,

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  Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your Time is both a recounting of Ruby's experience as a child who had no choice but to be escorted to class by federal marshals when she was chosen as one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Teachers March!

  How Selma's Teachers Changed History

  Wallace, Sandra Neil,

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  Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Schools Shut Down

  a Young Girl's Story of Virginia's "lost Generation" and the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Decision

  Gladden, Yolanda,

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  Most people think that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 meant that schools were integrated with deliberate speed. But the children of Prince Edward County located in Farmville, Virginia, who were prohibited from attending formal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Young Crusaders

  the Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement

  Franklin, V. P. (Vincent P.), 1947-

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  Filling a gap in the scholarship of American history, V. P. Franklin crafts the first full-length history of the children and teen activists who participated in and led key protests during the Civil Rights Movement.

• A Time to Lose

  Representing Kansas in Brown V. Board of Education

  Wilson, Paul E.

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  This thoughtful and engaging memoir opens up a previously hidden side to what many consider the most important Supreme Court decision of the twentieth century. With quiet candor Paul Wilson reflects upon his role as the Kansas assistant attorney…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moonrise Over New Jessup

  a Novel

  Minnicks, Jamila, 1977-

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  It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She falls in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Most Tolerant Little Town

  the Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation

  Martin, Rachel Louise, 1980-

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  An intimate portrait of a small Southern town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history--about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of Brown v. Board--will forever change…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Remember

  the Journey to School Integration

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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  A unique pictorial and narrative journey that introduces children to a watershed period in American history and its relevance to us today. This beautiful 80-page hardcover picture book is a Coretta Scott King Award winner. Toni Morrison collected a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lions of Little Rock

  Levine, Kristin (Kristin Sims), 1974-

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  In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.

• Small Shoes, Great Strides

  How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality

  Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux,

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  A powerful true story about three Black girls who courageously integrated a New Orleans school on November 14, 1960, told by award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.

• March Forward, Girl

  From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine

  Beals, Melba,

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  A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.

• We Are Your Children Too

  Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America's Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia

  Pearson, P. O'Connell (Patricia O'Connell),

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  In 1954, after the passing of Brown v Board, one county in southern Virginia chose to close its public schools rather than integrate. Those public schools stayed closed for five years. This was the reality of the people of Prince Edward County. When…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones

  McQueen, Daven,

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  It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lies We Tell Ourselves

  Talley, Robin,

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  In 1959 Virginia, Sarah, a black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school, forces Linda, a white integration opponent's daughter, to confront harsh truths when they work together on a school project.

• The Darkest Child

  Phillips, Delores, 1950-2014

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  Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle's, estimation, but she's also the brightest.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brown Vs. Board of Education

  Segregation to Integration and Civil Rights

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  In the new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about racial segregation and how the landmark case of Brown vs. Board of Education led to integration and civil rights. Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video combined with on-screen,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ruby Bridges

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  In this chapter book biography by NAACP Image Award-winning author and Coretta Scott King Honor recipient Kekla Magoon, readers learn about the amazing life of Ruby Bridges--and how she persisted. As a first grader, Ruby Bridges was the first…Read moreRead more of this annotation