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Item Nr: B 126331 Title: This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Boyce, Jo Ann Allen
Length: 310 Prod/Pub: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Copyright: 2019 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  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. Civil rights. Includes primary sources. U.S. History. African American biography. IL 6-10. AR 6.3. RC 8.5. Lexile 1000.

  Subjects:
  204 - BIOGRAPHY
  1180 - BIOGRAPHY--WOMEN
  306 - CIVIL RIGHTS
  1433 - DIVERSITY
  1954 - JUVENILE NONFICTION
  1680 - LEXILE 1000-1099
  1439 - PREJUDICES/PREJUDICE
  1840 - PRIMARY SOURCES
  911 - RACE RELATIONS/RACISM
  966 - SCHOOLS
  1007 - SOCIAL STUDIES
  1999 - TEENS (SOCIAL THEMES)
  1063 - TENNESSEE
  1108 - U.S.--HISTORY
  1120 - U.S.--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY