Remember Little Rock
Remember Little Rock

Author: Paul Walker

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 142632247X

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Chronicles the historic integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and details the experiences of the nine African American students who participated in the integration amid threats and violence.

Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Nine

Author: Diane Andrews Henningfeld

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published: 2014-04-04

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 073776368X

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This must-have volume explores the events surrounding the Little Rock Nine crisis. Collected essays provide the historical background, from sources such as the National Park Service and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Controversies are then explored, including whether President Eisenhower acted wisely in sending federal troops to Little Rock. After controversies are explained, reader are then presented with compelling first-hand accounts of the experience, by people who lived through it. Readers hear from notables such as Minnijean Brown Trickey, Thelma Mothershed Wair, and Elizabeth Eckford.