The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
by Goodman, Susan E.
Jane Addams Book Award Finalist/Winner BNCTE Orbis Pictus Award/Honor BookAmerican/U.S. HistoryBlack PeopleJunior Library Guild SelectionElementaryJustice/Legal Issues
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AR Book Level
4.7
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1,411
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
178920 EN
About this book
This is the story of Sarah Roberts and her 1847 case petitioning to be allowed to attend a white school to receive an equal education, explaining how her heroic efforts established key precedents and paved the way for important civil rights advancements.