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Sto caricando le informazioni... This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equalitydi Jo Ann Allen Boyce
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Racial educational equity refers to fairness, inclusion, and equal opportunity in schools. In the United States, many schools were segregated by race until this practice was declared unconstitutional in the 1954. As schools throughout the American South began the process of desegregation, many students found themselves in the middle of local conflicts. Read the recently published nonfiction children’s book on this topic, then learn more at the websites: THIS PROMISE OF CHANGE by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy tells the story of a girl’s fight for school equality. The book begins by providing a context for readers about the time leading up to the summer of 1956. Author Jo Ann Allen was one of a dozen students enrolled at Clinton High School in Tennessee in August of 1956. As the school year began, outsiders joined by locals rioted causing conflict in this small town through the Fall. This middle grade novel weaves together free-verse with primary source documents to immerse readers in this true story of risk and courage. The book concludes with information about the key people and a scrapbook of photos and other resources. CLINTON DESEGREGATION CRISIS is a web page telling the story of desegregation in the town of Clinton, Tennessee. This short article provides useful background information for youth reading the story of the Clinton Dozen. BEFORE LITTLE ROCK is a photo gallery from Life Magazine telling the story of mob violence through a set of photographs. Clinton Desegregation Crisis https://bit.ly/2ZW4sGG Before Little Rock https://bit.ly/3ewEr4E ARC courtesy of Bloomsbury Children. Jo Ann Allen Boyce tell the story of how she was one of the first 12 African American students to attend the all-white school of Clinton High School in Clinton, TN in 1956 through poems. This book makes this period of history and eye opener and informative of how she felt through his process. This story is great for student to learn about this history of integration and how it all started in schools. This also shows students how much schools have evolved since that time. Through poems, Jo Ann Allen Boyce tells the story of being one of the first 12 black students to attend all-white Clinton High School in Clinton, TN, in 1956.Altogether, the work is a blistering indictment of the actions of Clinton’s white community. Book makes this period of history eye-opening and accessible. Poetry forms are described in the authors notes. https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=reviews-of-the-2019-boston-globe-horn-book-no..... Two years after the Brown v. Board decision came down, Clinton, Tennessee was forced to integrate their high school, accepting twelve black students. At first, all went peacefully, but following the arrival of John Kasper to town, whites in town began to act violently toward blacks - from spitballs to mobs to beating up a white pastor who offered to walk the black students into the school. The National Guard was sent in to maintain order. Ultimately, some of the "Clinton 12" graduated from Clinton High School, while others dropped out, finished elsewhere, or moved away. Jo Ann Allen's family moved to California, where she finished school and became a nurse, and remained lifelong friends with another member of the Clinton 12, Gail Ann Epps. This unique first-person narrative told in verse (some free, some rhyming) offers a close personal account of living through a historic time. Jo Ann examines her town through a critical lens: all is peaceful as long as blacks stay "in their place." This means, too, that even when black students are integrated into the white school, they aren't allowed to "socialize" with white students, meaning they can't join teams or clubs or attend dances. But even when integration begins, violence does not erupt right away, though neither are most of the whites terribly welcoming (there are a few exceptions); it takes an outside agitator to prompt the violence. Jo Ann wonders how her white neighbors, who have so often borrowed a cup of sugar, can still be so against integration. Back matter includes an epilogue, more about Jo Ann and Clinton and the other members of the Clinton 12, a note on the writing of the book, quotes, a scrapbook of photographs, a timeline of school desegregation and civil rights landmarks, acknowledgments, quotation sources, a selected bibliography, further reading, and photo credits. Quotes When I taste the bitter, when I feel the pain from the daily slights like a spreading stain... From "No Coloreds" here to "Whites Only" there, from the genteel chains that we're forced to wear--" (17) And then, at church, a prayer for peace, but it sounds like we're going to war. (67) I mopped my way into fairy tales, which, when you think about it, sounds like a fairy tale. (83) But you can't unhear what you hear.... But now, I don't want to walk out. I want to walk in. I can't unhear what I hear. I won't walk away from it, either. (90-91) 600 soldiers for a town of not even 4,000 divided over 12 students: I hope this is a solvable equation. (116) "It is difficult through law and through force to change a man's heart" ...Yes, it is difficult to change a promise of change into real change (129) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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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 Annâ??clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white studentsâ??-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. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing pr Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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a quick read and a story that is very relatable (with parallels to today's problems), plus informative backmatter. If you can get a kid to start reading it, they'll probably make it through to the end, so I would recommend this. ( )