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Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Discrimination: Reference/Discussion,Violence: Mild Violence
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
By Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy
Edition
Kirkus Best Books - 2019
CPL Best Books - 2019
Robert L. Sibert Award Honoree - 2020
By Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy
Hardcover edition
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Imprint Bloomsbury USA ISBN9781681198521
Awards and Honors 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winner, NonfictionKirkus Best Books - 2019
CPL Best Books - 2019
Robert L. Sibert Award Honoree - 2020
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
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In 1956, one year before the Little Rock Nine, Jo Ann Allen and eleven black classmates integrated a public high school in Clinton, Tennessee. Fourteen-year-old Jo Ann was thrust into the national spotlight as a spokesperson for the cause.
Introduction. Epilogue with further information on the Clinton 12. Author’s note. Note on poetic forms. “Scrapbook” of black-and-white photographs. Time line. Quotation sources. Selected bibliography. Further reading.
Introduction. Epilogue with further information on the Clinton 12. Author’s note. Note on poetic forms. “Scrapbook” of black-and-white photographs. Time line. Quotation sources. Selected bibliography. Further reading.
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