March Forward, Girl
From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
Book - 2018
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.
Publisher:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Copyright Date:
©2018
ISBN:
9781328882127
1328882128
1328882128
Call Number:
323.092 BEALS
Teen Nonfiction SOCIAL SCIENCES/African American
Teen Nonfiction SOCIAL SCIENCES/African American
Characteristics:
x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects:
Beals, Melba.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations.
United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
Autobiographies.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations.
United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
Autobiographies.
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Add a CommentA wonderful, quick, read for Adult or Child.