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A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

Name: A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
Brand: One World
SKU: 9780345511010
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Contributors:

Carlotta Walls Lanier, Lisa Frazier Page, Bill Clinton (Foreword by)

Publisher:

One World

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography, Political Science, History

Book Subcategory:

Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Civil Rights, United States

Book Topic:

African American & Black, State & Local

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Release Date:

2010-07-27

ISBN 13:

9780345511010

Weight:

0.55 lbs

Size:

7.87 x 5.20 x 0.79 inches

Pages:

336

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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

"Provides important context for an important moment in America's history."--Associated Press

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.

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 memoir that is a testament not only to the power of a single person to make a difference but also to the sacrifices made by families and communities that found themselves a part of history.

About the Author
Carlotta Walls LaNier attended Michigan State University and graduated from Colorado State College, now the University of Northern Colorado, on whose board of trustees she sits. After working for the YWCA, she founded her own real estate brokerage firm, LaNier and Company. A sought-after lecturer, LaNier speaks across the country, and she has received the Congressional Medal of Honor and two honorary doctorate degrees. She is the mother of two children, Whitney and Brooke, and lives in Englewood, Colorado, with her husband, Ira.

Lisa Frazier Page, an editor and award-winning reporter at The Washington Post, is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream. A graduate of New Orleans's Dillard University, Page holds a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She grew up in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband. They have four children.

A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

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