A+Friendship+for+Today



1954 was the year that Rosemary Patterson’s elementary school closed its doors. It was the year that the Supreme Court of the United States decreed that segregated schools were banned. A person’s race would no longer determine where a student went to school. Rosemary and her best friend become the only two black students to enroll in an all-white school and when her friend is diagnosed with polio, Rosemary is left to face the first day of school on her own! At the new school, Rosemary faces discrimination from many sources, but, she has a strong and caring mother and one new friend who help her learn that the power of friendship can overcome prejudice.