This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality

Title: This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality Author: Boyce, Jo Ann Allen ISBN: 9781681198521 Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books Published: 2019 Binding: Regular Hardback Language: English Condition: New Children's 1209636 Publisher Description: Recipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book HonorWinner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for NonfictionA NYPL Top Ten of 2019A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do woul