Today I Met A Rainbow: The Story of Patricia Turner

Today I Met A Rainbow is a powerful book about a brave young girl named Patricia “Pat” Turner. It is a true story masterfully told with colorful illustrations depicting the transition from segregation to integration in Hampton Roads, Virginia. At the age of fourteen, Pat finds herself on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. Pat becomes one of the seventeen Black scholars chosen to integrate the all-white public schools in Norfolk, Virginia in the 1950’s. Journey back in time with Pat as she shares the lessons she learned and discovers the beauty in a rainbow.