Bibliograph

We are your children too, black students, white supremacists, and the battle for America's schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, P. O'Connell Pearson

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We are your children too, black students, white supremacists, and the battle for America's schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, P. O'Connell Pearson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8-12

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 4-6

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We are your children too

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

P. O'Connell Pearson

Sub title

black students, white supremacists, and the battle for America's schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia

Summary

In 1954, after the passing of Brown v Board, one county in southern Virginia chose to close its public schools rather than integrate. Those public schools stayed closed for five years. This was the reality of the people of Prince Edward County. When the affluent white population of Prince Edward County built a private school--for white children only--they left Black children and their families with very few options. Some Black children were home schooled by unemployed Black teachers. Some traveled thousands of miles to live with relatives, friends, or even strangers. Some didn't go to school at all. But many stood up and became young activists, fighting for one of the rights America claims belongs to all: the right to learn. Revelatory and timely, noted nonfiction author and former educator P. O'Connell Pearson shines a light on this disturbing and important chapter of America's history, with ripple effects that still impact the country to this day

Target audience

pre adolescent

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Black students, white supremacists, and the battle for America's schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia

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