About this title: Told in Stokes' own words, the story vividly conveys how his passion for learning helped set in motion one of the most powerful movements in American history, resulting in the desegregation of schools--and life--in the United States.
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Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN-13:9781426301537ISBN:1426301537
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Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
Date Published: 2007-12-26
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Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
Date Published: 2007-12-26
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Date Published: 2007
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Publisher: National Geographic Society
Date Published: 2007
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Publisher: National Geographic Children's B
Date Published: 2007
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: National Geographic Children's B
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781426301537ISBN:1426301537
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Description: New. Told in Stokes own words, the story vividly conveys how his passion for learning helped set in motion one of the most powerful movements in American history, resulting in the desegregation of schools--and life--in the United States. read more
"This is an important and inspiring story but told unfortunately in a dry tone that never really grabbed my attention. It's too bad as Stokes, his fellow students and the African American community of Prince Edward County deserve to have their story known across this country."
"Prince Edward county (Va.) public schools were closed for 5 years because the county did not want to segregate. 5 years! (1959 - 1964) What a loss. Mr. Stokes describes growing up in the Jim Crow south as an African-American and the separate-but-equal joke of the schools he attended. His role in the student strike that led the county to integrate also led him to be a plaintiff in the Brown vs. Board of Ed. case. A short non-fiction read (125 pgs.)."
"While the prose is somewhat disjointed as times, this book gives a thoughtful and powerful presentation of life in Virigina for John Stokes, an African American who was a boy directly affected by school segregation and what he, his family and his classmates did about it. His afterward briefly touches on the "cost" of protest, even among friends and fellow sufferers."
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