Students on Strike Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me

Name: Students on Strike Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me
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ISBN: 9781426301537

ISBN-10: 1426301537

ISBN-13: 9781426301537

Edition: 2008

Authors: John A. Stokes, Herman Viola, Herman J. Viola, Herman Viola

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John Stokes has waited more than 50 years to give his eyewitness account of "The Manhattan Project." This was the name he and a group of fellow students gave their strike at R.R. Moton High School that helped to end separate schooling for blacks and whites, not only in his home state of Virginia, but throughout America. Told in Stokes’ own words, the story vividly conveys how his passion for learning helped set in motion one of the most powerful movements in American history, resulting in the desegregation of schoolsand lifein the United States. As a child tending crops on the family farm, John Stokes never dreamed that one day he would be at the center of the Civil Rights Movement. Yet,…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide
Publication date: 12/26/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Size: 5.54" wide x 8.53" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

John Stokes grew up as one of six children on a small farm in Kingsville, VA. After high school, he served two years in the U.S. Army, before graduating from Virginia State University. He worked as a teacher in the Baltimore public school system, retiring as a principal in 1994. He now lives in Lanham, MD.