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
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
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
By (Author) Tamara Pizzoli
Illustrated by Keisha Morris
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
30th March 2022
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Information resources
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance a
379.26309755
Physical Properties
Hardback
40
Description
A 2023 Jane Addams Childrens Book Award Finalist
An awe-inspiring autobiographical picture book about a young African American girl who lived during the shutdown of public schools in Farmville, Virginia, following the landmark civil rights caseBrown vs. Board of Education of Topeka.
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.
Reviews
[A]n engaging, community care-centered examination of segregation in the Virginia school system before and after Brown v. Board of Education. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A celebration of a community stepping up to educate its children, and a message that learning takes place in many venues other than schools. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Spotlighting an often-overlooked aspect of civil rights history...[An] attractive, informative picture book on school desegregation. -- Booklist
Edifying. -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Bio
Dr. Tamara Pizzoli is a Texas-born publisher, author, curator, and educator. She is the author of many celebrated books for children including Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO, it's sequel, Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO and the Corona Challenge, Bold Words from Black Women (w22), and The Ghanaian Goldilocks. Dr. Pizzoli runs a boutique publishing house known as The English Schoolhouse from Rome, Italy, where she lives with her four young children.
