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African American students Virginia Juvenile literature Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Juvenile literature Civil rights movements Virginia History Juvenile literature Educational equalization Virginia Juvenile literature Gladden, Yolanda Childhood and youth Juvenile literature Racism in education Virginia Juvenile literature School integration Virginia History Juvenile literature Segregation in education Virginia History Juvenile literature Virginia Race relations History 20th centuryGoldstone, Lawrence
Summary: 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 helpedend legal segregation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.1196 GOLKanefield, Teri
Summary: Describes the peaceful protest organized by teenager Barbara Rose Johns in order to secure a permanent building for her segregated high school in Virginia in 1951, and explains how her actions helped fuel the civil rights movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB POWELL KANGladden, Yolanda
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