March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock Nine

Title
March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock Nine

Author
Beals, Melba, author.

ISBN
9781328882127

Physical Description
x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contents
I'll figure it out later -- When fear comes home -- Black is an inconvenient color -- A head full of questions -- A church full of angels -- Rules of my survival -- Dimming the light of my dream -- Into the real world outside -- I'm not alone -- Becoming a real student -- The world is my birthday gift -- Hope that the world can be mine -- Blessed -- Santa is in town -- Television and bomb shelters -- Finding my piece of the pie -- Angel in a white sheet -- Who is Jim Crow? -- My life forges ahead -- Marching forward.

Reading Level
950 L Lexile

Personal Subject
Beals, Melba.

Subject Term
Civil rights workers.
 
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
 
African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term
Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
 
United States -- History -- 1953-1961.

Added Author
Morrison, Frank, 1971-

Summary
A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)J 921 BEALSNonfiction Collection
Lake Elmo LibraryJ 921 BEALSNonfiction Collection
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)J 921 BEALSNonfiction Collection
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)J 921 BEALSNonfiction Collection
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)J 921 BEALSNonfiction Collection
Stillwater Public LibraryJ 921 BEALSNonfiction Collection