Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Schools of Hope
by Norman H. Finkelstein
Ages: 12+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Highlights
ISBN: 978-1-59078-841-7
Keywords: Discrimination, Philanthropy, Education, Diversity
To improve the under-resourced education of black children in the South in the early 1900s, Julius Rosenwald partnered with communities and helped build nearly 5,000 new schools. Archival photographs.