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Author:

Devlin, Rachel, author.

Title:

A girl stands at the door : the generation of young women who desegregated America's schools / Rachel Devlin.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Press Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

611 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Segregation in education--United States--History--20th century.
Discrimination in education--United States--History--20th century.
School integration--United States--History--20th century.
Educational equalization--United States--History--20th century.
African American girls--History--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Large type books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-607).

Summary:

The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and young women were its vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents filed lawsuits with their daughters, forcing Thurgood Marshall and other civil rights lawyers to take the issue to the Supreme Count. After "Brown v. Board of Education," girls far outnumbered boys as volunteers to desegregate schools. Historian Rachel Devlin tells their remarkable stories, and explains why black girls were seen, and saw themselves, as responsible for the difficult work of crossing color lines.

ISBN:

9781432853198
1432853198

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1038406352

Locations:

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)