Little Rock girl 1957 : how a photograph changed the fight for integration
Title
:
Little Rock girl 1957 : how a photograph changed the fight for integration
Author
:
Tougas, Shelley author.
ISBN
:
9780756544409
9780756545123
Publication Information
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Mankato, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2012.
Physical Description
:
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Series
:
Captured history.
Reading Level
:
1010 L Lexile
Personal Subject
:
Eckford, Elizabeth, 1941-
Corporate Subject
:
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
Subject Term
:
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
African American high school students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
Geographic Term
:
Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations.
Summary
:
Recounts the events surrounding the 1957 photograph taken by Will Counts that captured one of nine African-American students trying to enter an Arkansas high school while being taunted by an angry white mob and discusses how the photo brought the civil rights movement to the forefront of the nation's attention.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | J 379.263 TOU | Nonfiction Collection |
| Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | J 379.263 TOU | Nonfiction Collection |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | J 379.263 TOU | Nonfiction Collection |