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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2008
Gr 6-10 In 1951, a group of African-American high school students in Prince Edward County, VA, went on strike to protest the substandard conditions in their segregated school. They eventually became plaintiffs in a lawsuit that was one of the five that were part of the 1954 Brown decision. In 1959, Prince Edward County closed its schools rather than comply with desegregation orders, and deprived thousands of black students of an education until county schools reopened...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
With Lois Wolfe. Stokes's first-person account takes readers to 1951 Prince Edward County, Virginia, where he and his classmates staged a strike at their "sepa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
