The school is not white! : a true story of the civil rights movement /
Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Curtis James.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2005.
- [40] p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Booklist Horn Book
Relates the true story of the Matthew and Mae Carter family, in simple text with illustrations, and how they helped to integrate an all-white school in Drew, Mississippi, in 1965, suffering years of name-calling, humiliation, and death threats.