Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Book Overview

On November 14, 1960, first graders Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne stepped into history by going to school.

Escorted by U.S. Marshals and facing swarms of shouting protestors, they became the first children in New Orleans to integrate a previously all-white school, just ten minutes before Ruby Bridges. Like Ruby, the trio faced crowds of protestors fighting against public school desegregation efforts and relied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728419239
• ISBN13: 9781728419237
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6