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libscote's review
3.0
A good overview of the way we got to Brown v. Board of Education. The only disappointment for me was that it didn't include Mendez v. Westminster, which didn't go to the Supreme Court, but was a case in California that the NAACP contributed a brief to and was about integrating elementary school education.
betweentheshelves's review
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
I appreciate all of the research that went into this, and it provides a lot of important historical context for Brown v. Board of Education. For me, the writing style wasn't particularly engaging and pieces of the overall narrative felt a bit rushed. And important book to have in libraries, though!
kateteaching7and8's review
4.0
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Thank you to @Scholasticinc for sharing an advance copy of Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education by Lawrence Goldstone with the #kidlitexchange network. This YA nonfiction book is now available for purchase. All opinions are my own.
Many YA readers have probably heard of Brown v. Board of Education, but I'm sure that Separate No More offers a story that few of them have heard. In this book, Goldstone outlines the long and arduous road that led to that historic Supreme Court case. Goldstone outlines cases that laid ground work for Brown v. Board of Education as well as the stories behind the men and women who fought for equality and the end of segregation.
I found this book to be incredibly interesting. It offered a much deeper insight into a topic that I was only introduced to in school. It is very well researched, but is written in a way that is accessible to a YA audience. Goldstone explains the complexities of the situation and the various court cases and politics related to the topic in terms that any reader will be able to understand. This book allows the author to reflect on the progress made since the landmark case (even if it isn't as much progress as we'd hope to see) and think about how we can be part of a solution. It is bound to spark some great and important conversations.
Thank you to @Scholasticinc for sharing an advance copy of Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education by Lawrence Goldstone with the #kidlitexchange network. This YA nonfiction book is now available for purchase. All opinions are my own.
Many YA readers have probably heard of Brown v. Board of Education, but I'm sure that Separate No More offers a story that few of them have heard. In this book, Goldstone outlines the long and arduous road that led to that historic Supreme Court case. Goldstone outlines cases that laid ground work for Brown v. Board of Education as well as the stories behind the men and women who fought for equality and the end of segregation.
I found this book to be incredibly interesting. It offered a much deeper insight into a topic that I was only introduced to in school. It is very well researched, but is written in a way that is accessible to a YA audience. Goldstone explains the complexities of the situation and the various court cases and politics related to the topic in terms that any reader will be able to understand. This book allows the author to reflect on the progress made since the landmark case (even if it isn't as much progress as we'd hope to see) and think about how we can be part of a solution. It is bound to spark some great and important conversations.
derekmuskread's review
5.0
The book kept me interested in learning throughout its entirety because the information that the author picks to write about allows us to reflect on the past and connect to the present, while also providing a thorough yet engaging history of the "separate but equal" precedent. It begins with the Plessy v. Ferguson landmark case in the late eighteen hundreds and takes us up to Brown v. Board of Education in the 1950s. After decades of work by black activists, leaders, and lawyers, separate was declared to be not equal, and it never had been. The long road to equality was brutal and full of inconveniences that set back progress. Prejudiced and racist white lawmakers upheld Jim Crow laws that segregated black and white communities in every part of America, which allowed racism to thrive and grow. While African Americans protested against discrimination and hate, they were faced with white supremacists who expressed so much anger that they destroyed black communities and took away too many black lives, in a nation that guaranteed prosperity, in a nation that promised liberty. Although the book brings up these atrocities to our attention, it focuses on the achievement and tireless efforts made by African Americans amidst social injustices and inequalities. These individuals fought continuously for the integration of black and whites in schools and other public institutions that had unfairly marginalized black people. When the Supreme Court went in favor of Brown in Brown v. Board of Education, it was finally declared that "separate could not be equal." This book was insightful and vivid, taking us into the workings of these landmark cases led by black lawyers and individuals in the fight for justice.
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