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  • Boyce, Jo Ann Allen, author.
     
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  • Boyce, Jo Ann Allen -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • African American teenage girls -- Tennessee -- Clinton -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • African American students -- Tennessee -- Clinton -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • School integration -- Tennessee -- Clinton -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Clinton (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
     
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    This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality / Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy.
    by Boyce, Jo Ann Allen, author.
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    New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019.
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  • Boyce, Jo Ann Allen -- Juvenile literature.
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  • African American teenage girls -- Tennessee -- Clinton -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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  • African American students -- Tennessee -- Clinton -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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  • School integration -- Tennessee -- Clinton -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Clinton (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
  • ISBN: 
    9781681198521 (hardback) :
    1681198525 (hardback)
    Description: 
    310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
    Contents: 
    Introduction -- Mine, theirs, and ours -- Me, myself, and I -- Getting ready (May to August 1956) -- Down the hill (late August to Labor Day) -- Try again (three weeks in September) -- Fear (late September to mid-November) -- Going downhill (mid-November to December) -- Epilogue.
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    "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 would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann--clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students--found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process"--Provided by publisher.
    Awards: 
    Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book, 2020.
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