little rock

A young readers adaptation of the personal account of the nation's most famous school integration recounts the author's decision to attend Little Rock's all-white Central High and describes how subsequent events affected her family's beliefs about dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice.

A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.

Presents the memoirs of Daisy Bates, Civil Rights activist, newspaper writer, and officer in the N.A.A.C.P. who played an integral part in the integration of nine African American students into Little Rock's Central High School on September 25, 1957.

Readers will experiencing the desegregation crisis and a time of clashing attitudes that would affect all Little Rock's students, black and white, and the rest of the country's as well.

Explores the efforts of Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine as they tried to bring integration to all-white schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The dramatic true story of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High.

"Discusses the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, including the nine African-American students that successfully integrated the Arkansas school and the controversy and crisis surrounding the event"--Provided by publisher.

Recounts the events surrounding the 1957 photograph taken by Will Counts that captured one of nine African-American students trying to enter an Arkansas high school while being taunted by an angry white mob and discusses how the photo brought the civil rights movement to the forefront of the nation's attention.

Combines eye witness accounts with archival photographs to document the events surrounding the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.