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Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson were both born in New Orleans in 1957. Sixty-five years earlier, in 1892, a member of each of their families met in a Louisiana courtroom when Judge John Howard Ferguson found Homer Plessy guilty of breaking the law by sitting in a train car for white passengers. The case of Plessy v. Ferguson went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that "separate-but-equal" was constitutional, sparking decades of unjust laws and discriminatory attitudes.In Together, Amy Nathan threads the personal stories of Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson into the larger history of the Plessy v. Ferguson case, race relations, and civil rights movements in New Orleans and throughout the U.S. She tells the inspiring tale of how Keith and Phoebe came together to change the ending of the story that links their families in history.
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Photos shows the author at age five, on a family vacation in Western Maryland; signing books at Voracious Reader bookstore in Larchmont, NY; at a book signing at the bookstore at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial in Washington, DC.For more information on Amy Nathan, author of nonfiction books for young people and adults, please visit her Web site:www.AMYNATHANBOOKS.comBOOKS BY AMY NATHAN:Together: An Inspiring Response to the "Separate-But-Equal" Supreme Court Decision that Divided America (Coming Feb. 2021) A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story (Coming January 2020 - co-author with Sharon Langley) Making Time for Making Music: How to Bring Music into Your Busy LifeThe Music Parents' Survival Guide: A Parent-to-Parent ConversationThe Young Musician's Survival Guide Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War IICount On Us: American Women in the MilitaryRound and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights MovementTake a Seat -- Make a Stand: A Hero in the FamilyMeet the MusiciansMeet the DancersSurviving HomeworkThe Kids' Allowance BookThese books have their own Facebook pages, with photos and news of events:--A Ride to Remember--The Music Parents' Survival Guide --The Young Musician's Survival Guide --Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II--Round and Round Together --Take a Seat--Make a StandAmy is available to speak with school, parent, and community groups about her books. More information on these visits is available on her website: www.AmyNathanBooks.comIN THE NEWS: Recent articles about her books:- PEN "These Truths" Podcast with authors of A RIDE TO REMEMBERhttps://pen.org/these-truths-fatima-shaik-amy-nathan-and-sharon-langley/- NPR Interview: on WNYC-FM: https://www.wnyc.org/story/desegregating-amusement-park/? fbclid=IwAR3P89l0Wt11WIuPV1pFxwYOjeh4O9Ol2bUBA45v9NF_j_r48FHPFhG3JVw- Interview on Picture Book Buzzhttps://www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/2020/01/08/The-Picture-Book-Buzz---Joint-Interview-with-Sharon-Langley-Amy-Nathan- Interview on Deborah Kalb blogspot: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2020/02/q-with-amy-nathan.html-- Washington Post on MAKING TIME FOR MAKING MUSIC - Washington Post: "Music is Way Too Fun to Leave to the Pros"https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2018/07/26/music-is-way-too-fun-to-leave-to-the-pros-a-new-book-argues/? utm_term=.31b1633309ff- NPR Interview on WYPR, on MAKING TIME FOR MAKING MUSIC:http://wypr.org/post/making-time-making-music- BAY STATE PARENT magazine article on "The Music Parents' Survival Guide":http://www.baystateparent.com/September-2015/10-Tips-to-Encourage-Your-Child-to-Practice/- Article on MUSICOVATION website on "The Music Parents' Survival Guide":http://www.musicovation.com/blog/2014/11/11/music-survival-guides-for-kids-parents-and-teachers-too- WASHINGTON POST OP-ED on "Round and Round Together":http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-ma
