Students on strike Jim Crow, civil rights, Brown, and me : a memoir / [electronic resource] :
Jim Crow, civil rights, Brown, and me
by John A. Stokes with Lois Wolfe and Herman J. Viola.
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
- 1 online resource (127 p., [4] p. of plates) : ill., maps.
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-127).
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.
A look at growing up African American in the oppressive conditions of the South and attending segregated schools.
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Stokes, John A., 1931- --Juvenile literature. Stokes, John A., 1931-
African American students--History--Southern States--Juvenile literature. Segregation in education--History--Southern States--Juvenile literature. School environment--History--Southern States--Juvenile literature. African American students--History.--Southern States Segregation in education--History.--Southern States School environment--History.--Southern States African American students - Southern states--Segregation in education--School environment - Southern states--Education - History.