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Toni Morrison working on children`s book on segregation ruling
New York, Aug 11: Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is working on a children`s book about Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court`s landmark ruling against segregation.
New York, Aug 11: Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is working on a children's book about Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court's landmark ruling against segregation.
Remember: A Pictorial Tribute to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision will be published in 2004, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the court's unanimous order for public schools to be integrated.
"Ms. Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival black-and-white photographs that depict the historical events surrounding the Supreme Court case and school desegregation," publisher Houghton Mifflin said recently.
"These unforgettable images serve as the inspiration for Ms. Morrison's text, an imaginative rendering of the dialogue and emotions of the children who lived during the era of separate-but-equal schooling," the statement said.
Morrison is best known for novels such as Sula, Song of Solomon and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beloved. She has also worked on the children's books The Big Box and The Book of Mean People. Bureau Report
"Ms. Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival black-and-white photographs that depict the historical events surrounding the Supreme Court case and school desegregation," publisher Houghton Mifflin said recently.
"These unforgettable images serve as the inspiration for Ms. Morrison's text, an imaginative rendering of the dialogue and emotions of the children who lived during the era of separate-but-equal schooling," the statement said.
Morrison is best known for novels such as Sula, Song of Solomon and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beloved. She has also worked on the children's books The Big Box and The Book of Mean People. Bureau Report