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The first step : how one girl put segregation on trial / Susan E. Goodman ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

Summary:

Shares the story of Sarah Roberts and her 1847 case petitioning that she be allowed to attend a white school in Boston, explaining how her heroic efforts established key precedents and paved the way for civil rights advancements.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0802737390
  • ISBN: 9780802737397
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
770L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.7 0.5 178920.
Subject: Roberts, Sarah C., 1844- > Trials, litigation, etc. > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Education > Massachusetts > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in education > Law and legislation > Massachusetts > Boston > Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > Massachusetts > Boston > Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > United States > Juvenile literature.

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  • 30 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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