Allies for Justice - Doyle, Kathleen Marie

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Résumé :
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 one from Delaware. Louis Redding, Delaware's first Black attorney, was the nation's first attorney to win a public school desegregation case, and Chancellor Collins Seitz, one of the highest-ranking judges in Delaware, became the nation's first judge to suggest that segregation was unconstitutional. Their case became a part of Brown. Without Louis Redding and Collins Seitz, the Brown decision could have turned out very differently. With an engaging narrative style, Kathleen Doyle's Allies for Justice situates the historic fight for desegregation right where Delaware students live. Readers will learn how Delaware history became U.S. history, playing a key role in the heroic story of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.

Biographie:
Kathleen Marie Doyle is a writer and award-winning teacher committed to education, the environment, and democracy.Kathleen has been teaching teachers and teenagers in Delaware for over 30 years. She earned her Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Social Studies at Brown University, where she studied with renowned education reformer Theodore Sizer. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Thought and Political Economy at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where she grew to love history (her least favorite subject in high school), and where her interest in social and environmental justice was nurtured. She is also a graduate of The Institute of Children's Literature.In addition to numerous letters to the editor, her other published works include Blue's River - a YA book about a Great Blue Heron, a 10-year-old girl and the St. Jones River; and Finding Pop Pop- a children's picture book about love, loss and joy. She has also published in Social Education, a magazine for social studies teachers.Kathleen lives with her husband in Dover, Delaware, where they are empty nesters with a big furry dog. Their daughter is a social worker in Washington, D.C. and their son is an actor in New York City.Look for her online at KathleenMarieDoyle.com.