african american students

This story in verse recounts the firsthand experiences of one of the dozen young African-American students who made history by integrating Tennessee's Clinton High School 1956, a year before the integration of Little Rock High.

"This book investigates how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside school. Unique in its attention to the challenges that social and educational stratification pose, as well as to the opportunities that extracurricular activities can offer for African American students' access to learning, this book brings a deeper understanding of the local and fluid aspects of academic, racial, and ethnic identities"--Provided by publisher.

A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.

A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.

Readers will experiencing the desegregation crisis and a time of clashing attitudes that would affect all Little Rock's students, black and white, and the rest of the country's as well.

Presents a teaching and learning model for all students, especially youth of color, that focuses on identity development, skill development, intellectual development, and criticality.

Explores the efforts of Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine as they tried to bring integration to all-white schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Presents the story of black elementary, middle, and high school students who voluntarily went to jail, and succeeded where adults had failed to desegregate a racially violent city.

"In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She became the first black student to attend the previously all-white school. This event paved the way for widespread school desegregation in the South . . . [This book] explores Bridges's legacy"--Provided by publisher.

The dramatic true story of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High.