A Mighty Long Way
Author: Lanier, Carlotta Walls
ISBN: 9780345511010
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Sep 2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
The moving snapshot of one of the most gripping watershed moments of the Civil Rights Movement--the Little Rock NineP#39;s integration of their Arkansas high school.Plt;IPgt;Plt;/IPgt;
Plt;bPgt;P#8220;A searing and emotionally gripping account of a young black girl growing up to become a strong black woman during the most difficult time of racial segregation.P#8221;P#8212;Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law SchoolPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Provides important context for an important moment in AmericaP#8217;s history.P#8221;P#8212;Associated PressPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the P#8220;Little Rock Nine,P#8221; as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, one that would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change the landscape of America.Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;For Carlotta and the eight other children, simply getting through the door of this admired academic institution involved angry mobs, racist elected officials, and intervention by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was forced to send in the 101st Airborne to escort the Nine into the building. But entry was simply the first of many trials. Breaking her silence at last and sharing her story for the first time, Carlotta Walls has written an engrossing memoir that is a testament not only to the power of a single person to make a difference but also to the sacrifices made by families and communities that found themselves a part of history.
ISBN: 9780345511010
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Sep 2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
The moving snapshot of one of the most gripping watershed moments of the Civil Rights Movement--the Little Rock NineP#39;s integration of their Arkansas high school.Plt;IPgt;Plt;/IPgt;
Plt;bPgt;P#8220;A searing and emotionally gripping account of a young black girl growing up to become a strong black woman during the most difficult time of racial segregation.P#8221;P#8212;Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law SchoolPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Provides important context for an important moment in AmericaP#8217;s history.P#8221;P#8212;Associated PressPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the P#8220;Little Rock Nine,P#8221; as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, one that would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change the landscape of America.Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;For Carlotta and the eight other children, simply getting through the door of this admired academic institution involved angry mobs, racist elected officials, and intervention by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was forced to send in the 101st Airborne to escort the Nine into the building. But entry was simply the first of many trials. Breaking her silence at last and sharing her story for the first time, Carlotta Walls has written an engrossing memoir that is a testament not only to the power of a single person to make a difference but also to the sacrifices made by families and communities that found themselves a part of history.
