Students on strike : growing up African American in the segregated South

Title
: 
Students on strike : growing up African American in the segregated South

Author
: 
Stokes, John A., 1931-

ISBN
: 
9781426301537
 
9781426301544

Publication Information
: 
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2008.

Physical Description
: 
127 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents
: 
Fear makes me hide -- Growing up rich in spirit -- School days -- Life in the Jim Crow South -- Beating the system -- Lessons from Ned -- The sky did not fall -- Separate but never equal -- Our Manhattan project -- There's a riot at the school -- Taking care of business -- Don't give up -- Uncharted waters -- A skittish night -- Cover me -- Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County -- Massive resistance -- Standing on shoulders.

Reading Level
: 
1030 L Lexile

Subject Term
: 
African American students -- Southern States -- History.
 
Segregation in education -- Southern States -- History.
 
School environment -- Southern States -- History.

Added Author
: 
Wolfe, Lois, 1952-
 
Viola, Herman J.

Local Subject
: 
Teen nonfiction collection.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Oakdale LibraryTEEN 379.263 STOTeen Nonfiction
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)TEEN 379.263 STOTeen Nonfiction