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Author:

Magoon, Kekla.

Title:

Today the world is watching you ; the Little Rock Nine and the fight for school integration, 1957 / by Kekla Magoon.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

160 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

School integration--Little Rock--Little Rock--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African American students--Little Rock--Little Rock--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-155), filmography (p. 155) and index.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

076135767X
9780761357674 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010028443

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)