Little Rock

Author : Kristin Levine
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101550441

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The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine Pdf

"Satisfying, gratifying, touching, weighty—this authentic piece of work has got soul."—The New York Times Book Review As twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 1958 Little Rock, it feels like her whole world is falling apart. Until she meets Liz, the new girl at school. Liz is everything Marlee wishes she could be: she's brave, brash and always knows the right thing to say. But when Liz leaves school without even a good-bye, the rumor is that Liz was caught passing for white. Marlee decides that doesn't matter. She just wants her friend back. And to stay friends, Marlee and Liz are even willing to take on segregation and the dangers their friendship could bring to both their families. Winner of the New-York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice

Author : Marshall Poe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781416950660

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Little Rock Nine by Marshall Poe Pdf

Two boys in Little Rock get caught up in the storm of the struggle over public school integration.

Author : Terrance Roberts
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781935106593

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Lessons from Little Rock by Terrance Roberts Pdf

Sober news reports of a U.S. Army convoy rumbling across the bridge into Little Rock cannot overpower this intimate, powerful, personal account of the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Showing what it felt like to be one of those nine students who wanted only a good high school education, Roberts’s rich narrative and candid voice take readers through that rocky year, helping us realize that the historic events of the Little Rock integration crisis happened to real people—to children, parents, our fellow citizens.

Author : Carla Mooney
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629699462

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Little Rock Nine by Carla Mooney Pdf

This title will inform readers about the little rock nine--including who they were, what they went through to attend a former whites-only school, and what they'd go on to accomplish. Vivid details, well-chosen photographs, and primary sources bring this story and this case to life. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Shelley Tougas
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756565343

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Little Rock Girl 1957 by Shelley Tougas Pdf

Nine African American students made history when they defied a governor and integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957. It was the photo of one of the nine trying to enter the school a young girl being taunted, harassed and threatened by an angry mob that grabbed the worlds attention and kept its disapproving gaze on Little Rock, Arkansas. In defiance of a federal court order, Governor Orval Faubus called in the National Guard to prevent the students from entering all white Central High School. The plan had been for the students to meet and go to school as a group on September 4, 1957. But one student, Elizabeth Eckford, didnt hear of the plan and tried to enter the school alone. A chilling photo by newspaper photographer Will Counts captured the sneering expression of a girl in the mob and made history. Years later Counts snapped another photo, this one of the same two girls, now grownup, reconciling in front of Central High School.

Author : Marcia Amidon Lusted
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781538380444

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The Little Rock Desegregation Crisis by Marcia Amidon Lusted Pdf

In fall of 1957, nine black students approached the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The students, who became known as the Little Rock Nine, were testing a 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation illegal. Their actions led to a standoff, with the state National Guard ordered to bar the students' entry. Weeks later, federal troops sent by President Eisenhower arrived to escort them inside. Readers will find themselves experiencing the desegregation crisis and a time of clashing attitudes that would affect all Little Rock's students, black and white, and the rest of the country's as well.

Author : David Margolick
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780300178357

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Elizabeth and Hazel by David Margolick Pdf

The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, and a white girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screaming racial epithets. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation--in Little Rock and throughout the South--and an epic moment in the civil rights movement.In this gripping book, David Margolick tells the remarkable story of two separate lives unexpectedly braided together. He explores how the haunting picture of Elizabeth and Hazel came to be taken, its significance in the wider world, and why, for the next half-century, neither woman has ever escaped from its long shadow. He recounts Elizabeth's struggle to overcome the trauma of her hate-filled school experience, and Hazel's long efforts to atone for a fateful, horrible mistake. The book follows the painful journey of the two as they progress from apology to forgiveness to reconciliation and, amazingly, to friendship. This friendship foundered, then collapsed--perhaps inevitably--over the same fissures and misunderstandings that continue to permeate American race relations more than half a century after the unforgettable photograph at Little Rock. And yet, as Margolick explains, a bond between Elizabeth and Hazel, silent but complex, endures.

Author : Ray Hanley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467113946

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Lost Little Rock by Ray Hanley Pdf

Rediscover the rich heritage of Little Rock through its lost architectural treasures as told by Ray Hanley, a lifelong Arkansan and resident of Little Rock. Little Rock is a sprawling city of about 200,000 at the center of a metropolitan area of more than 500,000 people, with many residing in bedroom communities in adjoining counties. Arkansas's capital city is much like the rest of Middle America with its outlying suburbs, gated communities, and shopping centers miles from the historic core. A century ago, however, Little Rock was markedly different and served a population of fewer than 50,000. The majority of citizens lived within blocks of the town center and did business downtown along rows of shops that, in many cases, dated to the late 1800s. Images of America: Lost Little Rock uses vintage photographs to reflect upon earlier times and the rich retail landscape that once filled the town. By exploring the legacies of buildings that have since been demolished, repurposed, or destroyed by fire, these images provide a sense of Little Rock's lesser-known heritage.

Author : Celia Anderson,Maruchi Mendez
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781681061443

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100 Things to Do in Little Rock Before You Die, Second Edition by Celia Anderson,Maruchi Mendez Pdf

Arkansas's capital city is booming like never before. This second edition of 100 Things to Do in Little Rock before You Die will take you inside the city that locals and tourists love. Little Rock is a healthy mix of educational museums, vibrant restaurants, eclectic boutiques, and unique nightlife. In this edition you'll find new attractions like Keet and Petite restaurant as well as classic staples like Doe's Place. Looking for family fun? Try our water park, Wild River Country, or catch a Broadway show at the Robinson Center Performance Hall. Whatever you're searching for, Little Rock has it! Home to the Clinton Presidential Library, the city hosts millions of tourists each year. Turn the pages to discover Little Rock, then come experience our Southern hospitality!

Author : Eileen Lucas
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780761358749

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The Little Rock Nine Stand Up for Their Rights by Eileen Lucas Pdf

The story of the 1957 desegregation of a Little Rock school includes a script for readers' theater.

Author : Shelley Tougas
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756544409

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Little Rock Girl 1957 by Shelley Tougas Pdf

Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the newspaper photograph of African American Elizabeth Eckford trying to enter Little Rock, Arkansas's all-white Central High School in 1957.

Author : Daisy Bates
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781610752473

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The Long Shadow of Little Rock by Daisy Bates Pdf

At an event honoring Daisy Bates as 1990’s Distinguished Citizen then-governor Bill Clinton called her "the most distinguished Arkansas citizen of all time." Her classic account of the 1957 Little Rock School Crisis, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, couldn't be found on most bookstore shelves in 1962 and was banned throughout the South. In 1988, after the University of Arkansas Press reprinted it, it won an American Book Award. On September 3, 1957, Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to surround all-white Central High School and prevent the entry of nine black students, challenging the Supreme Court's 1954 order to integrate all public schools. On September 25, Daisy Bates, an official of the NAACP in Arkansas, led the nine children into the school with the help of federal troops sent by President Eisenhower–the first time in eighty-one years that a president had dispatched troops to the South to protect the constitutional rights of black Americans. This new edition of Bates's own story about these historic events is being issued to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Little Rock School crisis in 2007.

Author : Facing History and Ourselves,Facing History and Ourselves Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0979844053

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Choices in Little Rock by Facing History and Ourselves,Facing History and Ourselves Staff Pdf

This resource investigates the choices made by the Little Rock Nine and others in the Little Rock community during the civil rights movement during efforts to desegregate Central High School in 1957.

Author : Karen Anderson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400832149

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Little Rock by Karen Anderson Pdf

A political history of the most famous desegregation crisis in America The desegregation crisis in Little Rock is a landmark of American history: on September 4, 1957, after the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called up the National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School, preventing black students from going in. On September 25, 1957, nine black students, escorted by federal troops, gained entrance. With grace and depth, Little Rock provides fresh perspectives on the individuals, especially the activists and policymakers, involved in these dramatic events. Looking at a wide variety of evidence and sources, Karen Anderson examines American racial politics in relation to changes in youth culture, sexuality, gender relations, and economics, and she locates the conflicts of Little Rock within the larger political and historical context. Anderson considers how white groups at the time, including middle class women and the working class, shaped American race and class relations. She documents white women's political mobilizations and, exploring political resentments, sexual fears, and religious affiliations, illuminates the reasons behind segregationists' missteps and blunders. Anderson explains how the business elite in Little Rock retained power in the face of opposition, and identifies the moral failures of business leaders and moderates who sought the appearance of federal compliance rather than actual racial justice, leaving behind a legacy of white flight, poor urban schools, and institutional racism. Probing the conflicts of school desegregation in the mid-century South, Little Rock casts new light on connections between social inequality and the culture wars of modern America. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029364622

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by Anonim Pdf