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RELATED TITLES · Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High. By Melba Pattillo Beals. Simon Pulse. 2007. 226 pages. In 1957, Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, Melba was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School.
· Through My Eyes. By Ruby Bridges. Scholastic. 1999. 63 pages. Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
· The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine. By Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brindell Fradin. Clarion. 2004. 178 pages. Throughout her life, Daisy Bates worked tirelessly for civil rights as an activist, journalist, and organizer. She first captured national attention as the mentor of the nine black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957.
· Remember: The Story of School Integration. By Toni Morrison. Houghton Mifflin. 2004. 78 pages. Toni Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation.
· My Mother the Cheerleader. By Robert Sharenow. Laura Geringer Books. 2007. 288 pages. Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans.
· Through My Eyes. By Ruby Bridges. Scholastic. 1999. 63 pages. Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
· The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine. By Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brindell Fradin. Clarion. 2004. 178 pages. Throughout her life, Daisy Bates worked tirelessly for civil rights as an activist, journalist, and organizer. She first captured national attention as the mentor of the nine black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957.
· Remember: The Story of School Integration. By Toni Morrison. Houghton Mifflin. 2004. 78 pages. Toni Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation.
· My Mother the Cheerleader. By Robert Sharenow. Laura Geringer Books. 2007. 288 pages. Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans.
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