Bibliograph

A girl stands at the door, the generation of young women who desegregated America's schools, by Rachel Devlin

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A girl stands at the door, the generation of young women who desegregated America's schools, by Rachel Devlin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A girl stands at the door

Medium

large print

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

by Rachel Devlin

Sub title

the generation of young women who desegregated America's schools

Summary

In the grassroots struggle to desegregate American schools, girls were the vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents filed lawsuits with their daughters, forcing civil rights lawyers to take the issue to the Supreme Court. After Brown v. Board of Education, girls far outnumbered boys as volunteers. These are the remarkable stories of the girls who saw themselves as responsible for the difficult work of crossing color lines

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