thank you to @simonbooks for the review copy! 

Martin gives us a well-researched account of the first high school in the south to undergo court-mandated desegregation, a history of Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, that has widely been unknown due to the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder that resulted in many of the 12 Black students who walked through the doors of Clinton high to remain silent throughout the years since, because white people are always trying to erase history that tells of our racism. the author lays bare the truth of these desegregation efforts

the education system in the united states remains segregated today. Martin points out that “school segregation more than doubled between 2001 and 2016” and readingpartners.org reports that “over 30% of students attend schools where 75% or more of the student body was the same race or ethnicity.”

although i have some critiques of the book, what’s important is that we learn this history and continue to advocate for an anti-racist education system