Students on strike :
Stokes, John A.,
Students on strike : Jim Crow, civil rights, Brown, and me : a memoir / by John A. Stokes with Lois Wolfe and Herman J. Viola. - New York : Scholastic, c2008. - 127 p. : ill., maps ;
Fear makes me hide -- Growing up rich in spirit -- School days -- Life in the Jim Crow South -- Beating the system -- Lessons from Ned -- The sky did not fall -- Separate but never equal -- Our Manhattan project -- There's a riot at the school -- Taking care of business -- Don't give up -- Uncharted waters -- A skittish night -- Cover me -- Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County -- Massive resistance -- Standing on shoulders.
A look at growing up African American in the oppressive conditions of the South and attending segregated schools.
9780545174480 (pbk.) 0545174481 (pbk.)
Stokes, John A.,
African American students
Segregation in education
School environment
372.4 / St94
Students on strike : Jim Crow, civil rights, Brown, and me : a memoir / by John A. Stokes with Lois Wolfe and Herman J. Viola. - New York : Scholastic, c2008. - 127 p. : ill., maps ;
Fear makes me hide -- Growing up rich in spirit -- School days -- Life in the Jim Crow South -- Beating the system -- Lessons from Ned -- The sky did not fall -- Separate but never equal -- Our Manhattan project -- There's a riot at the school -- Taking care of business -- Don't give up -- Uncharted waters -- A skittish night -- Cover me -- Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County -- Massive resistance -- Standing on shoulders.
A look at growing up African American in the oppressive conditions of the South and attending segregated schools.
9780545174480 (pbk.) 0545174481 (pbk.)
Stokes, John A.,
African American students
Segregation in education
School environment
372.4 / St94