Winner Image: What type of media is this winner: Book. Woodson Honor Recipient A NYPL Top Ten of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year 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.
Winner Description: 'This Promise of Change: One Girls Story in the Fight for School Equality,' written by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy. Sibert Informational Book Honor Winner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction 2020 National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process. This Promise of Change: One Girls Story in the Fight for School Equality. Sibert Informational Book Honor Winner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction 2020 National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. 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.
Jo Ann-clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students-found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. Annotation: Boyce, one of 12 black students who integrated Clinton, Tennessees public high school in 1956, recounts her experiences in narrative poems and free verse. New York: Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2019. 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. This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. 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.
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