A mighty long way : my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School / Carlotta Walls LaNier with Lisa Frazier Page.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593486757
- 0593486757
- My journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School
- LaNier, Carlotta Walls -- Juvenile literature
- African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Follow the story of Carlotta Walls LaNier, who in 1957 at the age of fourteen was one of nine black students who integrated the all-white Little Rock Central High School and became known as the Little Rock Nine.
At fourteen years old, Carlotta Walls was the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine. The journey to integration in a place deeply against it would not be not easy. Yet Carlotta, her family, and the other eight students and their families answered the call to be part of the desegregation order issued by the US Supreme Court in its 1954 Brown v. Board ofEducation case.
As angry mobs protested, the students were escorted into Little Rock Central High School by escorts from the 101st Airborne Division, which had been called in by then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower to ensure their safety. The effort needed to get through that first year in high school was monumental, but Carlotta held strong. Ultimately, she became the first Black female ever to walk across the Central High stage and receive a diploma.
The Little Rock Nine experienced traumatic and life-changing eventsnot only as a group but also as individuals, each with a distinct personality and a different story. This is Carlotta's courageous story.
"Adapted for young readers"--Title page.
"This work is based on A Mighty Long Way : My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School, copyright © 2009 by Carlotta Walls LaNier. Published in hardcover in the United States by One World ... in 2009." --Title page verso.
Nine Black students were chosen to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957. The Little Rock Nine endured what followed not only as a group but also as individuals. At fourteen years old, Carlotta Walls was the youngest member of the brave group. As angry mobs protested, the students were escorted in the high school by members of the 101st Airborne Division, which had been called in by then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower to ensure their safety. Ultimately, Carlotta became the first Black female ever to walk across this Central High stage and receive a diploma. This is her story of courage, dignity, and perseverance. -- adapted from jacket
A personal account of the nation's most famous school integration recounts the author's decision to attend Little Rock's all-white Central High and describes how subsequent events affected her family's beliefs about dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice.