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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile literature |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mara Miller |
| ISBN: | 9780766028357 0766028356 |
| OCLC Number: | 144598086 |
| Target Audience: | Grades 4-6. |
| Description: | 128 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Facing the crowd alone -- The path to equal education -- The nine who dared -- "The need for federal troops is urgent" -- Surviving Central High -- Threats from outside school -- Ernest graduates -- No school for all -- How far we've come -- Timeline -- Glossary. |
| Series Title: | From many cultures, one history |
| Responsibility: | Mara Miller. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
"Discusses the story of nine African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, including the history that led to the event and the discrimination they faced on a daily basis"--Provided by publisher.
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- School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
- African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- Little Rock (Ark.) -- Central High School.
