Here is the story of the many people who stood up to racial inequality, some risking significant danger and hardship. Time line. Brief summaries of legal cases challenging segregation. Text of the Fourteenth Amendment. Bibliography. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white period photographs and illustrations.
Title alpha Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice
Level Nonfiction Middle Plus
Pages Count 144
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Oliver Brown (1918–1961). Trials and litigation. Topeka, Kansas, Board of Education. Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993). Segregation in education. Law and legislation. African Americans. Civil rights. Twentieth-century U.S. history. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
SRC Level 8.300000
SRC Points 9.000000
Lexile 980L
Trim Size 10" x 8"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2016-08-29
JLG Release Date Dec 2016
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle Plus
Nonfiction Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
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