Be Brave, Little Penguin by Igloo Books

Be Brave, Little Penguin by Igloo Books

On a cold winter night in February of 1967, a large rock shattered a bedroom window in Virginia Walden Ford's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, landing in her baby sister's crib. Outside, members of the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on her family's lawn. Faceless bigots were terrorizing Virginia, her parents, and her sisters-all because her father, Harry Fowler, dared to take a job as the assistant superintendent of personnel for the Little Rock School District. He was more than qualified, but he was black. In her searing new memoir, legendary school choice advocate Virginia Walden Ford recounts the lessons she learned as a child in the segregated south. She drew on those experiences--and the legacies handed to her by her parents and ancestors--thirty years later, when she built an army of parents to fight for school choice in our nation's capital. School Choice: A Legacy to Keep, tells the dramatic true story of how poor D.C. parents, with the support of unlikely allies, faced off against some of America's most prominent politicians--and won a better future for children.

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ISBN 13	9780857804273
ISBN 10	0857804278
Title	Be Brave, Little Penguin
Author	Igloo Books
Series	Picture Flats
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bonnier Books Ltd
Year published	2014-09-30
Number of pages	24
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.