Reviews
The book deftly combines memoir and history, and includes many full-text articles from the New York Times 's coverage of the period., * "Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times ) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement.", This gracefully written history affirms the importance of the struggle, the difficulties, and the efforts of so many, echoing an Obama campaign statement, 'I stand on the shoulders of giants.', "The book deftly combines memoir and history, and includes many full-text articles from the New York Times 's coverage of the period." - VOYA * "This powerful complement to the civil rights canon draws a compelling line from the beginnings of the movement 'to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which opened the door to the long corridor that led to the White House in January 2009.' " - Booklist, starred review* "Informed and passionate." - School Library Journal , starred review"This gracefully written history affirms the importance of the struggle, the difficulties, and the efforts of so many, echoing an Obama campaign statement, 'I stand on the shoulders of giants.' " - The Horn Book Magazine * "Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times ) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement." - Publishers Weekly , starred review, * "This powerful complement to the civil rights canon draws a compelling line from the beginnings of the movement 'to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which opened the door to the long corridor that led to the White House in January 2009.' ", "The book deftly combines memoir and history, and includes many full-text articles from the New York Times 's coverage of the period." -- VOYA "* This powerful complement to the civil rights canon draws a compelling line from the beginnings of the movement 'to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which opened the door to the long corridor that led to the White House in January 2009." -- Booklist, starred review "* Informed and passionate." -- School Library Journal, starred review "This gracefully written history affirms the importance of the struggle, the difficulties, and the efforts of so many, echoing an Obama campaign statement, 'I stand on the shoulders of giants.' " -- The Horn Book Magazine "* Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times ) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, "This powerful complement to the civil rights canon draws a compelling line from the beginnings of the movement 'to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which opened the door to the long corridor that led to the White House in January 2009'." - Booklist , starred review "Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement." -Publishers Weekly , starred review
