Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Today the world is watching you ; the Little Rock Nine and the fight for school integration, 1957

Nature of contents

bibliographyfilmographies

Oclc number

647773546

Responsibility statement

by Kekla Magoon

Series statement

Civil rights struggles around the world

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction: A few small steps -- Status quo -- Supreme decision -- Atmosphere in Little Rock -- Why only nine? -- Walk and the wall -- Standoff -- Breaking through the lines -- 101st Airborne to the rescue -- Long, rough year -- Fifty-eight and forward -- Lessons of Little Rock

Target audience

juvenile

Classification