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- Lessons from Little Rock
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
Sober news reports of a U.S. Army convoy rumbling across the bridge into Little Rock cannot overpower this intimate, powerful, personal account of the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Showing what it felt like to be one of those nine students who wanted only a good high school education, Roberts’s rich narrative and candid voice take readers through that rocky year, helping us realize that the historic events of the Little Rock integration crisis happened to real people—to children, parents, our fellow citizens.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-6
- 1. My Moment as a Fly
- pp. 13-20
- 2. First Grade Executives
- pp. 21-35
- 6. “Stretch it Out”
- pp. 61-64
- 8. The All-White Electricians’ Union
- pp. 78-82
- 9. “The Little Rock Seventeen”
- pp. 83-92
- Photographs
- pp. 93-102
- 10. Daisy Bates and Thurgood Marshall
- pp. 103-107
- 11. A System for Rating Insults
- pp. 108-116
- 12. The Penknife and the Switchblade
- pp. 117-124
- 13. The Emotional Price of Non-Violence
- pp. 125-129
- 15. Unexpected Move to Los Angeles
- pp. 136-141
- 16. Those Who Would Re-Write History
- pp. 142-145
- 18. Much to Learn
- pp. 153-155
- 19. Not a Linear Journey
- pp. 156-160
- About the Author
- pp. 188-190
Additional Information
ISBN
9781935106456
Related ISBN(s)
9781935106593
MARC Record
OCLC
903963262
Pages
200
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2009