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A searing and emotionally gripping account of a young black girl growing up to become a strong black woman during the most difficult time of racial segregation.Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School #160; Provides important context for an important moment in Americas history.Associated Press #160; When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of 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, as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, one that would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change the landscape of America. #160; For Carlotta and the eight other children, simply getting through the door of this admired academic institution involved angry mobs, racist elected officials, and intervention by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was forced to send in the 101st Airborne to escort the Nine into the building. But entry was simply the first of many trials. Breaking her silence at last and sharing her story for the first time, Carlotta Walls has written an engrossing

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Author

Carlotta Walls LaNier; Lisa Frazier Page; Bill Clinton

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345517241

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Memoir, Education

Rating

4.03 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14