Today the World is Watching you ; : the Little Rock Nine and the Fight for School Integration, 1957
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Introduction: A few small steps -- The status quo -- A Supreme decision -- The atmosphere in Little Rock -- Why only nine? -- The walk and the wall -- Standoff -- Breaking through the lines -- 101st Airborne to the rescue -- A long, rough year -- Fifty-eight and forward -- The lessons of Little Rock.
On September 4, 1957, nine African American teenagers made their way toward Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They didn't make it very far. Armed soldiers of the Arkansas National Guard blocked most of them at the edge of campus. The three students who did make it onto campus faced an angry mob of white citizens who spit at them and shouted ugly racial slurs.
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Civil rights struggles around the world.
PUBLISHED
Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 160 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1110
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780761357674
076135767X
SUBJECTS
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History.
School integration -- Little Rock -- History.
African American students -- Little Rock -- History.