The First Step
How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Shares the story of Sarah Roberts and her 1847 case petitioning that she be allowed to attend a white school in Boston, explaining how her heroic efforts established key precedents and paved the way for civil rights advancements.
Subjects:
Roberts, Sarah C., 1844- -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Education -- Massachusetts -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Roberts, Sarah C., 1844- -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Education -- Massachusetts -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 770L
ISBN:
9780802737397
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY US Civil Right Goo | Ballentine Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Right Goo | North Main | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Goo | North Main | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Right Goo | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 6/19/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references.