We Are Your Children Too
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We Are Your Children Too

Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America's Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

We Are Your Children Too

Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America's Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia

About this book

This "detailed, fascinating" ( Booklist, starred review) nonfiction middle grade book explores a deeply troubling chapter in American history that is still playing out today: the strange case of Prince Edward County, Virginia, the only place in the United States to ever formally deny its citizens a public education, and the students who pushed back. In 1954, after the passing of Brown v. the Board of Education, the all-White school board of one county in south central Virginia made the decision to close its public schools rather than integrate. Those schools stayed closed for five years.While the affluent White population of Prince Edward County built a private school—for White children only—Black children and their families had to find other ways to learn. Some Black children were home schooled by unemployed Black teachers. Some traveled thousands of miles away to live with relatives, friends, or even strangers. Some didn't go to school at all.But many stood up and became young activists, fighting for one of the rights America claims belongs to all: the right to learn.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Chapter 1: Unequal
  5. Chapter 2: Hard History
  6. Chapter 3: Strike
  7. Chapter 4: Going Bigger
  8. Chapter 5: Massive Resistance
  9. Chapter 6: Shattered Dreams
  10. Chapter 7: Scrambling
  11. Chapter 8: A National Scandal
  12. Chapter 9: Turning Point
  13. Chapter 10: The Free Schools
  14. Chapter 11: Up and Running
  15. Chapter 12: Damaged Victory
  16. Chapter 13: Facing the Past
  17. Chapter 14: Unfinished Business
  18. Epilogue
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. About the Author
  21. Time Line
  22. Recommended Reading
  23. Endnotes
  24. Selected Bibliography
  25. Index
  26. Copyright