Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f6A24Gf16864; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 22:04:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 22:04:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <005e01c108e4$9b96c6c0$23bffea9@hppav> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:520] Connect for Kids Weekly X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Status: O Content-Length: 1473 Lines: 37 The following three items from this week's Connect for Kids may be of interest to you. -Mary Ann Corley ******************************* **Charlotte's Long Bus Ride by Andrea Cooper In 1957, Dorothy Counts was one of four black students to enter previously all-white schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1971, Charlotte became the first city in the country to use court-ordered busing to fully desegregrate its schools. Today, school desegregation is still generating lawsuits. Andrea Cooper reports that students who lived through the first wave of busing now have school-aged children of their own, and wonder when this struggle will end. http://www.connectforkids.org **Barely Getting By: Working Families in America book review by Julee Newberger What is it like to be growing up poor in one of the richest countries in the world, or for parents in the land of plenty to be engaged in a constant struggle make ends meet? Lives on the Line by Martha Shirk, Neil G. Bennet and J. Lawrence Aber explores the day-to-day challenges of being poor in America. http://www.connectforkids.org **African-American Community History Online For school-aged children and families who want to understand more about how one community reflected the historic changes in the national racial climate between 1940 and the 1990s, the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County has created a multi-media portrait of a place in the grip of history. http://www.connectforkids.org
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