The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial (Carter G Woodson Honor Book (Awards))

by Susan E. Goodman

Other authorsE. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2016

Library's review

Goodman skillfully chronicles the story of how the 1849 Roberts v. City of Boston paved the way for the many “first steps,” both forward and backward, towards a more just education system, with which we still struggle today. Marching Toward Equality: An Integration Timeline, What Happened to
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Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, NCSS Standards Theme--Power-Authority-Governance, NCSS Standards Theme--Civic Ideals and Practices, History-Life & Culture in the Americas, Reading Level-Primary (K-2)Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5), Reading Level-Primary (K-2), Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Bloomsbury USA Childrens (2016), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages

Description

Shares the story of Sarah Roberts and her 1847 case petitioning that she be allowed to attend a white school, explaining how her heroic efforts established key precedents and paved the way for civil rights advancements.

Awards

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

40

Physical description

40 p.; 11.38 inches

ISBN

9780802737397

DDC/MDS

344.744

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