school integration

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Cracking the wall

the struggles of the Little Rock Nine
2007
This book is a brief introduction to the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

The story of Ruby Bridges

2008
Recounts the story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to desegregate the all-white William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans in the 1960s.

The girl on the outside

1982
A fictional recreation of the 1957 integration of Little Rock's Central High School, focusing on the experiences of two girl students, one white, the other black.

Common ground

a turbulent decade in the lives of three American families
1985

Ruby Bridges

1998
Based on the true story of six-year-old Ruby, one of the first Black students to integrate public elementary school in New Orleans.

Remember as you pass me by

2007
In small-town Texas in the mid-1950s, twelve-year-old Silvy tries to make sense of her parent's financial problems, a Supreme Court ruling that will integrate her school, the prejudice of her family and friends, and her own behavior, which always seems to be wrong.

Dismantling desegregation

the quiet reversal of Brown v. Board of Education
1996
Chronicles the history of desegregation in public schools, discusses how some schools are quietly fighting to reinstate segregation, and explains why those efforts will be harmful to minority students.

Turning points

Little Rock Nine
2008
A graphic novel adaptation of the story of nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, and focuses on the friendship of William McNally and Thomas Johnson, the son of William's family's maid.

Separate but not equal

the dream and the struggle
1997

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