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This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality
- Title
- This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality / Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy.
- Author
- Boyce, Jo Ann Allen
- Publication
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Levy, Debbie
- Description
- 310 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann--clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students--found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process"--
- Subjects
- African American teenage girls
- School integration
- Black author
- Juvenile works
- School integration > Tennessee > Clinton > Juvenile literature
- Tennessee > Clinton
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
- Didactic poetry
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- African American students > Tennessee > Clinton > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Narrative poetry
- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Segregation > Tennessee > Clinton > Juvenile literature
- African American teenage girls > Tennessee > Clinton > Biography > Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
- Boyce, Jo Ann Allen > Juvenile literature
- Race relations
- Clinton (Tenn.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile literature.
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Autobiographies.
- Narrative poetry.
- Didactic poetry.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience (note)
- Age 10-12.
- Grade level 4-6.
- Awards (note)
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award, 2019
- Contents
- Introduction -- Mine, theirs, and ours -- Me, myself, and I -- Getting ready (May to August 1956) -- Down the hill (late August to Labor Day) -- Try again (three weeks in September) -- Fear (late September to mid-November) -- Going downhill (mid-November to December) -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- Sc D 19-484
- ISBN
- 9781681198521
- 1681198525
- 9781681198538 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018026349
- OCLC
- 1055568316
- Author
- Boyce, Jo Ann Allen, author.
- Title
- This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality / Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience
- Age 10-12.Grade level 4-6.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Awards
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award, 2019
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Levy, Debbie, author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 19-484