{"product_id":"mrs-nelsons-class-9781937797034","title":"Mrs. Nelson's Class","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eof Education of Topeka, Kansas \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethat state-sanctioned segregation of public\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eschools is unconstitutional.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn September 1954, in an Air Force base school near Salina, Kansas, young\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfrican American teacher Mrs. Johnnie Mitchell Nelson became the teacher of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea second grade class of twenty white children. Mrs. Nelson knew, but did her\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epupils understand they were making history together?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThrough a class roster of persona poems by poets Doug Anderson, Martha\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollins, Alfred Corn, Annie Finch, Helen Frost, Margaret Gibson, Jeanine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHathaway, Andrew Hudgins, Mark Jarman, Peter Johnson, Meg Kearney, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRon Koertge, David Mason, Leslie Monsour, Dinty W. Moore, Marilyn Nelson, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLesl a Newman, Michael Palma, Michael Waters, and Katherine Williams, this\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eanthology presents Mrs. Nelson and her class, imagining how she and her\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003estudents may have experienced their unique situation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Enough Writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937797034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Marilyn Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671276318876,"sku":"9781937797034","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5e88cc8f-4a37-4127-825b-8b2b6da9b5d0.jpg?v=1603924977","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mrs-nelsons-class-9781937797034","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}