Kathleen Marie Doyle
1) Allies for Justice: How Louis Redding and Collins Seitz Changed the Complexion of America's Schools
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
Almost two centuries after the Declaration of Independence affirmed that all men are created equal, the laws of the land - especially those governing America's school system - still implied the opposite.
Many people are familiar with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, but few people are aware that Brown was actually made up of five separate cases, including a crucial...
2) Blue's River
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Andie Grove must do one more assignment before she graduates from the fifth grade and spends her summer days swimming at Silver Lake. There is only one problem. She is terrified of public speaking.
Old Blue loves history and has been the guardian of the Saint Jones River for 400 years. There is only one thing that he fears more than great-horned owls and bald eagles: the destruction of his river.
For centuries, Blue's river has taken great care of...