Staff Picks: Books Staff-recommended reading from the A story of
the past for the future Toni Morrison used a collection of
photographs taken during the struggle to integrate schools to
tell a story of hope, triumph and survival. The 1954 Brown
versus the Board of Education segregation case embodied a
turbulent time in American history and what better way to tell
its story than through its pictures. Unlike Toni Morrison’s
other books Remember: the Journey to School Integration is a
pictorial collection for children and it will mean different
things to different people. But the picture that means the most
to me was taken from a New York Times May 18, 1954 article that
blared High Court Bans School Segregation; 9-to-0 Decision
Grants Time to Comply. And on the opposite page is a picture of
the nine Supreme Court judges that did away with the 1896
Separate but Equal ruling. Remember: The Journey to School
Integration