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Summary: 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 schools for five years knew differently, including Yolanda. Told by Yolanda Gladden herself, cowritten by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli and with illustrations by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: Based on the life of Chinese American student Mamie Tape and her fight to attend the all-white Spring Valley Primary School in her San Francisco neighborhood including her family's successful 1885 lawsuit before the California Supreme Court, one step in the long journey towards equality in education. Includes author's note with biographical and historical information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2024