Conaway, Judith.
Brown v. Board of Education : the case for integration / by Judith Conaway. - Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, 2007. - 96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm. - Snapshots in history .
Includes index and glossary.
Includes bibliographic references.
The making of a hero -- Education and emancipation -- Strategies for change -- Early cases -- More civil rights heroes -- The arguments and the decision -- The aftermath -- Fifty years later.
When Oliver Brown took his daughter to enroll at a local school, she was refused admission because she was an African-American. The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, is among the most famous in American history, and came to represent all cases for the integration of schools across the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
6-8 6-8 1020L Lexile
0756524482 $33.26
2006027079
Brown, Oliver, 1918-
Segregation in education.
African Americans--Civil rights.
KF228.B76
344.73/0798
Brown v. Board of Education : the case for integration / by Judith Conaway. - Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, 2007. - 96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm. - Snapshots in history .
Includes index and glossary.
Includes bibliographic references.
The making of a hero -- Education and emancipation -- Strategies for change -- Early cases -- More civil rights heroes -- The arguments and the decision -- The aftermath -- Fifty years later.
When Oliver Brown took his daughter to enroll at a local school, she was refused admission because she was an African-American. The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, is among the most famous in American history, and came to represent all cases for the integration of schools across the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
6-8 6-8 1020L Lexile
0756524482 $33.26
2006027079
Brown, Oliver, 1918-
Segregation in education.
African Americans--Civil rights.
KF228.B76
344.73/0798