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Author:

Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- author.

Title:

Separate no more : the long road to Brown v. Board of Education / Lawrence Goldstone.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Scholastic Focus,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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--History--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
United States--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: The end of a long wait -- Separate -- Land of Lincoln -- Resistance -- From the ashes of Springfield -- To the courts -- The red summer -- Passing the torch: The new Negro movement -- The challenge -- To the courts once more -- Thurgood Marshall joins the fray -- Setbacks -- No turning back -- Renewing the attack -- A school of one's own -- The main event -- Student revolt -- Kansas -- The battle is joined -- A change at the top -- Round 2 -- The meaning of equality -- Making it real -- Legacy.

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 helped end legal segregation.

ISBN:

1338592831
9781338592832

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1145080107

LCCN:

2020009905

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