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The power of one : Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine / by Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brindell Fradin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fradin, Judith Bloom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women civil rights workers--Arkansas--Little Rock--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women civil rights workers.
- Civil rights workers--Arkansas--Little Rock--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers.
- School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- School integration.
- History.
- African American women--Arkansas--Little Rock--Biography.
- Civil rights workers--Arkansas--Little Rock--Biography.
- School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock--History--20th century.
- Race relations.
- Bates, Daisy--Juvenile literature.
- Bates, Daisy.
- Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)--Juvenile literature.
- Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.).
- Little Rock (Ark.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
- Little Rock (Ark.).
- Little Rock (Ark.)--Race relations.
- Arkansas--Little Rock.
- Genre:
- Juvenile materials.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Clarion Books, ©2004.
- Summary:
- Born in a small town in rural Arkansas, Daisy Bates was a journalist and activist who became one of the foremost civil rights leaders in America. In 1957 she mentored the nine black students who were integrated into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "The bravest woman i have ever known"
- "The next will be dynamite"
- "Niggers have to wait"
- "Who killed my mother?"
- "Hate can destroy you, daisy"
- Birth of the Arkansas state press
- "Do something"
- "There must be some place in America"
- "You will refrain from calling me daisy"
- "Daisy, daisy, did you hear the news?"
- "They're in!"
- "Some victory!"
- "See you later, integrator!"
- "Follow in your footsteps"
- "We made it"
- "To rid our nation of the evils of segregation"
- Power of one
- Source notes
- Bibliography
- Picture credits
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171) and index.
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2005
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780618315567
- 061831556X
- OCLC:
- 54537022
- Publisher Number:
- 99990749812
- 9780618315567
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