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Little Rock girl 1957 : how a photograph changed the fight for integration / by Shelley Tougas.

Summary:

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 world's 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 the all-white Central High School. A chilling photo by newspaper photographer Will Counts captured the sneering expression of a girl in the mob and made history. -- from Back Cover

Recounts the events surrounding the 1957 photograph taken by Will Counts that captured one of nine African-American students trying to enter an Arkansas high school while being taunted by an angry white mob and discusses how the photo brought the civil rights movement to the forefront of the nation's attention.

Record details

ISBN: 0756544408
ISBN: 0756545129
ISBN: 9780756544409
ISBN: 9780756545123
Physical Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Mankato, Minn. : Compass Point Books, [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

General Note:	NCMA Library copy: Gift of NCMA Docent Library.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-63) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Crisis in Little Rock -- Quest for equal rights -- Two symbolic photos -- The American dream.
Target Audience Note:	1010L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 7 1 145333.