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When the Supreme Court decision to desegregate public schools was handed down in 1954, the course of American history was forever changed. Here are personal reflections, stories, and poems from ten of today's most accomplished writers for children, all young people themselves at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Included are Michael Cart, Jean Craighead George, Eloise Greenfield, Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, Ishmael Reed, Jerry Spinelli, Quincy Troupe, Joyce Carol Thomas, and Leona Nicholas Welch. With a compelling introduction by editor Joyce Carol Thomas and stunning pastel artwork by Curtis E. James, this collection celebrates the hard-earned promise of equality in education.
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Gr. 6-12. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling to desegregate public schools, this volume collects stories, memoirs, and poems about the history and impact of Brown v. Board of Education. The contributors, well-known writers for young people, were themselves young in 1954, and they speak from different sides of the racial barrier. Some selections, such as Joyce Carol Thomas' poem "Stormy Weather" and Quincy Troupe's challenging essay "St. Louis," speak powerfully about the searing discrimination that blacks have suffered. Others, such as Jean Craighead George's "The Awakening," talk about "white blindness": "I was as slow to see this injustice as a bear awakening from hibernation." The illustrated format, featuring arresting pastel images by James, seems geared to younger readers, but some of the entries are fairly sophisticated. Teachers will need to pull out the selections best suited to their students, but all the passages will bring children up close to the complex realities of segregated society, while showing that the ruling was only the first step on a long, continuing road to progress. Gillian Engberg
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- PublisherHyperion Book CH
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0786808217
- ISBN 13 9780786808212
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages144
- IllustratorJames Curtis
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