little rock (ark.)

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.

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

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.

"[Presents a] crime noir graphic novel exploring the intertwining threads of crime, conspiracy, racism, and insanity in the post-World War II Deep South"-- 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.

Nine high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas were at the heart of the battle to integrate schools in the late 1950s.

Traces the efforts of the "Little Rock Nine" to attend a formerly all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September of 1957. Outlines the views and motivations of everyone involved in the desegregation of Central High School and discusses how it became a pivotal event in the progression of the Civil Rights Movement. Includes black-and-white photographs.

"Uses primary sources to tell the story of the Little Rock Nine during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the history of legal challenges to segregation in the United States focusing on the crisis surrounding the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, with eyewitness accounts from both black and white students at the high school.