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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780345511010
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.
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