When the schools shut down : a young girl's story of Virginia's "lost generation" and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision
by Gladden, Yolanda (Author), Pizzoli, Tamara (Author)
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Most people think that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 meant that schools were integrated with deliberate speed. But the children of Prince Edward County located in Farmville, Virginia, who were prohibited from attending formal schools for five years knew differently, including Yol... Full description
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Morris, Keisha (Illustrator)
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English
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First edition.
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Gladden, Yolanda > Childhood and youth > Juvenile nonfiction.
School integration > Virginia > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Civil rights movements > Virginia > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Segregation in education > Virginia > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American students > Virginia > Juvenile nonfiction.
Educational equalization > Virginia > Juvenile nonfiction.
Racism in education > Virginia > Juvenile nonfiction.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.