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A friendship for today A friendship for today Patricia McKissack In 1954, when desegregation comes to Kirkland, Missouri, ten-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate OL14860534W
Warriors don't cry Warriors don't cry Melba Beals This is a true account of Melba's experience as one of the Little Rock 9--the first black students to enroll in a previously all-white hight school. It is a fascinating account of her story and an en… OL15155701W
Dear America Dear America Andrea Davis Pinkney Coretta Scott King winner Andrea Davis Pinkney brings her talents to a brand-new Dear America diary about the Civil Rights Movement. In the fall of 1955, twelve-year-old Dawn Rae Johnson's life tu… OL15920465W
Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County Kristen Green Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history: the period after the Brown v. Board of… OL17109398W
The integration of Mary-Larkin Thornhill The integration of Mary-Larkin Thornhill Ann Waldron School integration brings many changes to the life of a southern girl as she enters junior high. OL1817153W
Choosing equality Choosing equality Leland Ware,Robert L. Hayman "Examines the desegregation experience, with a focus on the impact of the Supreme Court's decisions from Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, through Parents Involved v. Seattle School District in 20… OL18617699W
The Ruby Bridges story The Ruby Bridges story Hallie Marshall The true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges who, in 1960, was one of the first African American students to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. OL19428641W
Lies we tell ourselves Lies we tell ourselves Robin Talley In 1959 Virginia, Sarah, a black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school, forces Linda, a white integration opponent's daughter, to confront harsh truths when they work to… OL19664590W
As fast as words could fly As fast as words could fly Pamela M. Tuck "A thirteen-year-old African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, uses his typing skills to make a statement as part of the Civil Rights movement. Based on true events. Includes author's… OL19968285W
Legacies of Brown Legacies of Brown Stella M. Flores "This book illuminates the effects of segregation, desegregation, and integration on students, practitioners, communities, and policymakers in the fifty years since the landmark Brown v. Board of Edu… OL20545811W
Yankee Girl Yankee Girl Mary Anne Rodman It's 1964 and Alice has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family. Nicknamed 'Yankee Girl' and taunted by the in-crowd at school, Alice soon discovers the other new girl Valerie - one of the … OL20904335W
James Meredith and school desegregation James Meredith and school desegregation Dan Elish Focuses on the events surrounding James Meredith's efforts to be allowed to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962. OL2661167W
Can we talk about race? Can we talk about race? Beverly Daniel Tatum Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.Can We Talk About Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School ResegregationMajor new reflections on race and schools — by the best-selling author of Why Are All the … OL2683673W
My Mother the Cheerleader My Mother the Cheerleader Robert Sharenow,Rob Sharenow Louise Collins was pretty certain that nothing all that exciting would happen in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where she lived with her mother in their boarding house, Rooms on Desire. Every day was… OL278119W
The Political Use of Racial Narratives The Political Use of Racial Narratives Richard A. Pride "Arguing that politics is essentially a contest for meaning and telling a story is an elemental political act, Richard A. Pride lays bare the history of school desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, to de… OL2927728W
Race and education, 1954-2007 Race and education, 1954-2007 Raymond Wolters "Retracing Supreme Court decisions on race and education beginning with the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Wolters distinguishes between desegregation and integration and shows how devastating… OL3273625W
From Brown to Bakke From Brown to Bakke Wilkinson, J. Harvie Examines Supreme Court decisions in school integration cases from "Brown v. Board of Education" in 1954 to the Bakke case in 1977. OL3336961W
Days of Courage Days of Courage Alex Haley,Mel Williges,Richard Kelso Days of Courage describes the experiences of the “Little Rock Nine”, the first African American students to begin the integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. In 1954, the Supreme … OL4285474W
The hardest lesson The hardest lesson Pamela Bullard Describes how the desegregation of the Boston schools in the 1970's affected the lives of selected individual students and several adults, chosen to represent a cross section of the community. OL4286187W
Daisy Bates Daisy Bates Amy Polakow A biography of the civil rights activist who led the fight to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1950s. OL5958491W
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