Jacksonville Public Library

When the schools shut down, a young girl's story of Virginia's "lost generation" and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, written by Yolanda Gladden ; as told to Dr. Tamara Pizzoli ; illustrated by Keisha Morris

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non fiction

When the schools shut down

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written by Yolanda Gladden ; as told to Dr. Tamara Pizzoli ; illustrated by Keisha Morris

a young girl's story of Virginia's "lost generation" and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision

"On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court declared segregated public schools unconstitutional with the <i>Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka</i> decision. Five years later, a young Yolanda Gladden was supposed to start her first day of school in Farmville, Virginia. But white lawmakers had other plans. Public schools were closed throughout Prince Edward County. How could Yolanda go to school when there was no school to go to. Author-publisher Dr. Tamara Pizzoli pairs with Yolanda Gladden herself to tell the true and empowering story of how Yolanda, her family, and her community banded together to continue learning, knowing, and growing while fighting for their right to an equal education during the five-year shutdown." --Book jacket

juvenile