Portion of title |
Long road to Brown v. Board of Education |
Variant title |
Long road to Brown versus Board of Education |
Contents |
Prologue: The end of a long wait -- Separate -- Land of Lincoln -- Resistance -- From the ashes in 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 two -- The meaning of equality -- Making it real -- Legacy. |
Abstract |
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. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index. |
Interest age level |
Ages 12 and up. Scholastic Focus. |
Interest grade level |
Grades 7-12 |
Issued in other form | Online version: Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- Separate no more New York : Scholastic Focus, 2021 9781338592856 |
Genre/form | History. |
Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
Genre/form | Young adult non-fiction. |
Genre/form | Instructional and educational works. |
LCCN | 2020009905 |
ISBN | 9781338592832 hardcover |
ISBN | 1338592831 hardcover |
ISBN | electronic book |