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Brown v. Board of Education : a fight for simple justice / Susan Goldman Rubin.

Summary:

Traces the stories of advocates and activists who risked danger and hardship to uphold the 1954 desegregation ruling by the Supreme Court, sharing additional information on how the NAACP strategized its responses to period racism.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780823436460
  • ISBN: 0823436462
  • Physical Description: 134 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Holiday House, 2016.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : what is segregation? -- Challenging the law -- Linda Carol Brown -- Children are craving light -- Stand together -- Lasting injury -- Student strike! -- Playing for keeps -- Mad at everyone -- "We are all American" -- In the minds of children -- Helping make history -- We knew we were right -- We, too, are equal -- The greatest victory -- how things worked in America -- Epilogue : the fight goes on.
Target Audience Note:
980L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 4 185997.
Subject: Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 > Trials, litigation, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education > Trials, litigation, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > United States > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile literature.

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