P37 and the whole chapter on the student strike! From the beginning when they tricked the principal into leaving the school and then staged a protest and as students requested help from the NAACP lawyers!Īll the different cases that made up Brown vs Board of Education-I had no idea that other plaintiffs, states, etc were involved.
So many kids and so many stories-this book can be read from beginning to end. An epilogue looks at the far-reaching effects of this landmark decision, and shows how our country still grapples today with a public school system not yet fully desegregated.ĭetailed backmatter includes a timeline, primary source texts, and summaries of all mentioned court cases.Ī Bank Street Best Children's Book of the YearĮxcellent view of history with great use of detail and excerpts at the right times. Illustrated with historical photographs, this well-researched narrative account is a perfect introduction to the history of school segregation in the United States and the long struggle to end it. The ruling was the culmination of work by many people who stood up to racial inequality, some risking significant danger and hardship, and of careful strategizing by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).Īward-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin tells the stories behind the ruling and the people responsible for it. In 1954, one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions of the twentieth Century aimed to end school segregation in the United States. An award-winning author chronicles the story behind the landmark Supreme Court decision in this fascinating account for young readers.
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