Gladden, Yolanda,

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. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN: 9780063011168 0063011166

LCCN: 2020952905

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gladden, Yolanda--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
School integration--History.--Virginia
Civil rights movements--History.--Virginia
Segregation in education--History.--Virginia
African American students--Virginia.
Educational equalization--Virginiae.
Racism in education--Virginia.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.

Dewey Class. No.: 379.2/63