March Forward, Girl
From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Format: Book
Description: x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy selling Warriors Don't Cry comes a powerful, timely new memoir about growing up in the segregated South. Civil rights heroine Melba Patillo Beals puts readers right in her saddle oxfords as she struggles to understand--and fight back against--the laws that told her she was less just because of the color of her skin. Includes photos and illustrations"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
I'll figure it out later -- When fear comes home -- Black is an inconvenient color -- A head full of questions -- A church full of angels -- Rules of my survival -- Dimming the light of my dream -- Into the real world outside -- I'm not alone -- Becoming a real student -- The world is my birthday gift -- Hope that the world can be mine -- Blessed -- Santa is in town -- Television and bomb shelters -- Finding my piece of the pie -- Angel in a white sheet -- Who is Jim Crow? -- My life forges ahead -- Marching forward.
Subjects:
Beals, Melba -- Juvenile literature.
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American journalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers, Black -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1953-1961 -- Juvenile literature.
Beals, Melba -- Juvenile literature.
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American journalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers, Black -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1953-1961 -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Middle School
ISBN:
9781328882127
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Beals, Melba | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Beals, Melba | Southeast | Children's Biography | In |
Junior Library Guild selection, 2018