The first step : how one girl put segregation on trial /

The first step : how one girl put segregation on trial / Susan E. Goodman ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodman, Susan E., 1952- (Author)
Other Authors: Lewis, E. B. (Earl Bradley), 1956- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Subjects:
Roberts, Sarah C., > 1844- > Trials, litigation, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Roberts, Sarah C., > 1844-
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. > Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > United States > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Education.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Discrimination in education > Law and legislation.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation.
Trials.
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts > Boston.
United States.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Juvenile works.

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Call Number: KF228.R56 G66 2016
KF228.R56 G66 2016 Available Place a Hold

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