Linda Brown, you are not alone the Brown v. Board of Education decision : a collection
edited by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrations by Curtis James.
- 1st ed.
- New York Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2003
- xxi, 114 p. col. ill. ; cm.
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 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.
560L
0786808217 (trade ed.) : 0786826401 (lib. ed.)
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Race relations.
United States--History--1953-1961.
United States--Race relations
j323.1196073 Lin 23
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 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.
560L
0786808217 (trade ed.) : 0786826401 (lib. ed.)
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Race relations.
United States--History--1953-1961.
United States--Race relations
j323.1196073 Lin 23