When the schools shut down
a young girl's story of Virginia's "lost generation" and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision
An autobiographical picture book tells the story of a young African American girl who lived during the shutdown of public schools in Farmville, Virginia, following the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
2022
9780063011168
book
- gladden, yolanda
- childhood and youth
- school integration
- prince edward county (va.)
- segregation in education
- public schools
- school closings
- african american students
- african americans
- prince edward county (va.)
- history
- 20th century
- farmville (va.)
- personal narratives
- autobiographies
- creative nonfiction
- picture books