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Author Gladden, Yolanda, author.

Title 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.

Publication Info. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
©2022.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  LJW J379.2 GLA    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB GLADDEN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 379.263 GLA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 379.2 GLADDEN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J-B GLADDEN, YOLANDA    DUE 08-31-23
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Biography  J B-GLADDEN GLA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J379.2 GLA    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  JE B Explore GLADDEN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J379.263 GL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Most people think that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 meant that schools were integrated with deliberate speed. But the children of Prince Edward County located in Farmville, Virginia, who were prohibited from attending formal schools for five years knew differently, including Yolanda. Told by Yolanda Gladden herself, cowritten by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli and with illustrations by Keisha Morris, When the Schools Shut Down is a true account of the unconstitutional effort by white lawmakers of this small Virginia town to circumvent racial justice by denying an entire generation of children an education. Most importantly, it is a story of how one community triumphed together, despite the shutdown.
Subject Gladden, Yolanda -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
School integration -- Virginia -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- Virginia -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Virginia -- Juvenile literature.
Educational equalization -- Virginia -- Juvenile literature.
Racism in education -- Virginia -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Picture books.
Creative nonfiction.
Biographical fiction.
Added Author Pizzoli, Tamara, author.
Morris, Keisha, illustrator.
ISBN 9780063011168 (hardcover)
0063011166 (hardcover)
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