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Creation Date

2005

Keywords

artists' books; racial discrimination; civil rights; discrimination; school integration; segregation in education; discrimination in education; affirmative action programs in education; African Americans; United States race relations, Brown, Oliver 1918-1961 - trials, litigation; By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit 2021

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) . Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) decision. "This softcover edition of 150 books was printed on an Indigo Digital Press"--Colophon. Author describes her family's experience with racism and school integration. As a high school student, the author was named lead plaintiff in Clarissa Thompson et al. v. County School Board of Arlington County (June 1956), a school desegregation class action suit filed in U.S. District Court. Metal spiral binding. Signed by the author on the title-page. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1260048~S5

Press

Rochester, N.Y. : Visual Studies Workshop Press, 2005.

Rights

©Rochester, N.Y. : Visual Studies Workshop Press, 2005.

Materials / Techniques

spiral bindings; digitally printed; paper

Measurements

28 cm

It Wasn't Little Rock

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