school integration

Twelve-year-old Marlee develops a strong friendship with Liz, the new girl in school, but when Liz suddenly stops attending school and Marlee hears a rumor that her friend is actually an African American girl passing herself off as white, the two young girls must decide whether their friendship is worth taking on integration and the dangers it could bring to their families.

Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans.

Examines the history of segregation in America and efforts in the mid-twentieth century to challenge Jim Crow laws through the desegregation of schools.

Presents a biography of Daisy Bates, examining her accomplishments as a civil rights activist, journalist, and organizer, and discussing her role as mentor to the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

Examines one of the most controversial battles in the civil rights movement, highlighting personal stories of the students and civil rights leaders who helped bring the races together.

A brief introduction to the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

Beals chronicles her harrowing junior year at Central High where she underwent the segregationists' brutal organized campaign of terrorism which included telephone threats, vigilante stalkers, economic blackmailers, rogue police, and much more.

Twelve-year-old Rosemary Patterson learns that she will be attending an all-white school in the fall; but when her best friend is diagnosed with polio, she must face the first day of school alone.

Relates the true story of the Matthew and Mae Carter family, in simple text with illustrations, and how they helped to integrate an all-white school in Drew, Mississippi, in 1965, suffering years of name-calling, humiliation, and death threats.

In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.