Title We are your children too : black students, white supremacists, and the battle for America's schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia / P. O'Connell Pearson.

Publication Info.	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2023]
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Edition	First edition.
Description	275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-252) and index.
Contents	Unequal -- Hard history -- Strike -- Going bigger -- Massive resistance -- Shattered dreams -- Scrambling -- A national scandal -- Turning point -- The Free Schools -- Up and running -- Damaged victory -- Facing the past -- Unfinished business -- Epilogue.
Summary	"In 1954, after the passing of Brown v Board, one county in southern Virginia chose to close its public schools rather than integrate. Those public schools stayed closed for five years. This was the reality of the people of Prince Edward County. When the affluent white population of Prince Edward County built a private school-for white children only-they left Black children and their families with very few options. Some Black children were home schooled by unemployed Black teachers. Some traveled thousands of miles 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. Revelatory and timely, noted nonfiction author and former educator P. O'Connell Pearson shines a light on this disturbing and important chapter of America's history, with ripple effects that still impact the country to this day"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 8-12 Simon & Schuster Books for Young People.
	Grades 4-6 Simon & Schuster Books for Young People.
Subject	School integration -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- Juvenile literature.
	Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- Juvenile literature.
	African American students -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- Juvenile literature.
	Public schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- Juvenile literature.
	School closings -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- Juvenile literature.
	Prince Edward County (Va.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
	Schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County.
	African Americans -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- Civil rights.
	African American students. (OCoLC)fst00799375
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Public schools. (OCoLC)fst01082942
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	School closings. (OCoLC)fst01107266
	School integration. (OCoLC)fst01107474
	Segregation in education. (OCoLC)fst01111221
	Virginia -- Prince Edward County. (OCoLC)fst01221481
Genre/Form	Young adult literature.
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Informational works.
Added Title	Black students, white supremacists, and the battle for America's schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia
	Black students, white supremacists, & the battle for America's schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia
	We're your children too
ISBN	9781665901390 (hardcover)
	166590139X (hardcover)
	9781665901406 (paperback)
	1665901403 (paperback)

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