March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock nine by Beals, Melba 

Paperback(Clarion, 2019)

BTSB #: 100228 Available

Dewey: 370/BAges: 10-14   


Genres:

Subjects: Beals, Melba Civil rights workers School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - History|y20th century

Summary: The memoirs of Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the first African American students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock nine by Beals, Melba 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

BTSB #: 704011 Available

Dewey: 370/AAges: 10-12   
AR: 5.9 MG+RC: 7.4 6-8 Lexile: 950

Genres:

Subjects: Beals, Melba Civil rights workers School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - History|y20th century

Summary: The memoirs of Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the first African American students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Mighty long way : my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School by LaNier, Carlotta Walls 

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 542485 Available

Dewey: 379.2/AAges: 10-14   


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Subjects: LaNier, Carlotta Walls Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) - History School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - History|y20th century African American students - Arkansas - Little Rock - Biography

Summary: When 14-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up to 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 "Little Rock Nine" would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, to challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change America. The teenager volunteered to be among the first black students--she was the youngest--to integrate nearby Central High School.

Warriors don't cry : a searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High by Beals, Melba 

Paperback(Washington Square Press, 1995)

BTSB #: 098946 Available

Dewey: 370.19/AAges: 12-18   
RC: 5.9 6-8 Lexile: 1000 F&P: Y

Genres:

Subjects: Beals, Melba Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) - History School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - History|y20th century African American students - Arkansas - Little Rock - Biography

Summary: In 1957, Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, Melba was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School.

Warriors don't cry : the searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High by Beals, Melba 

BTSB Prebound(Simon Pulse, 2007)

BTSB #: 100232 Available

Dewey: 370.19/AAges: 12-18   
Lexile: 1000 F&P: Y

Genres:

Subjects: Beals, Melba Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) - History School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - History|y20th century African Americans - Arkansas - Little Rock - Biography

Summary: In 1957, Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, Melba was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School.