A Mighty Long Way
My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
New York : Delacorte Press, [2023], ©2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Nine Black students were chosen to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957. The Little Rock Nine endured what followed not only as a group but also as individuals. At fourteen years old, Carlotta Walls was the youngest member of the brave group. As angry mobs protested, the students were escorted in the high school by members of the 101st Airborne Division, which had been called in by then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower to ensure their safety. Ultimately, Carlotta became the first Black female ever to walk across this Central High stage and receive a diploma. This is her story of courage, dignity, and perseverance. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects:
LaNier, Carlotta Walls -- Juvenile literature.
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
LaNier, Carlotta Walls -- Juvenile literature.
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780593486757
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY LaNier, Carlotta Walls | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
"Adapted for young readers"--Title page.
"This work is based on A Mighty Long Way : My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School, copyright © 2009 by Carlotta Walls LaNier. Published in hardcover in the United States by One World ... in 2009." --Title page verso.
"This work is based on A Mighty Long Way : My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School, copyright © 2009 by Carlotta Walls LaNier. Published in hardcover in the United States by One World ... in 2009." --Title page verso.