March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock Nine / by Melba Pattillo Beals ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781328882127
- 1328882128
- Beals, Melba -- Juvenile literature
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- 1953-1961 -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Biography | Beals, M. B366 | Available | 33111008544658 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Beals, M. B366 | Available | 33111008697944 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Beals' recollection of white oppression and her rise above it will haunt readers. A must-read for teens." --School Library Journal
From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-selling Warriors Don't Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South.
Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions. Why couldn't she drink from a "whites only" fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home--or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Be patient. Know your place.
But Beals had the heart of a fighter--and the knowledge that her true place was a free one.
Combined with emotive drawings and photos, this memoir paints a vivid picture of Beals' powerful early journey on the road to becoming a champion for equal rights, an acclaimed journalist, a best-selling author, and the recipient of this country's highest recognition, the Congressional Gold Medal.
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.
Middle School
950 Lexile
A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.