- Genre:children's nonfiction
- Sub-genre:Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- Age Range (years):3 - 10
- Language:English
- Pages:72
- Paperback ISBN:9798350923650

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Overview
This picture book beautifully simplifies for young readers a decades-long struggle for civil rights in a period before, during, and after the Civil War. It offers an imagined glimpse into the true story of Susan Clark and her family, who overcame barriers to equal access to education.
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Description
Susan Clark was just 13 when she became the first Black student in the United States to integrate a public school through a court order. Her lawsuit, decided by the Iowa Supreme Court in 1868, gave all Iowa children the right to attend public school regardless of race, religion, nationality, or any other distinction. Segregated schools were the norm in many states until the 1954 US Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Susan's case contributed to that landmark decision. To capture and share this critical story, this book was commissioned by the Global Education program at the Stanley Center and the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine.
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