The Long Shadow of Little Rock - Softcover

Daisy Bates

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0938626752 ISBN 13: 9780938626756

Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press, 1998

Synopsis

For many Americans, until recently, knowledge about Arkansas has been limited to one of the state's moments of ignominy: the Central High School desegregation crisis in Little Rock in 1957. In this memoir, Daisy Bates recounts the conflict as only a journalist hardened and polished by years of struggle in the civil rights movement could tell it.

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Review:

"This is a book which I hope will be read by every American. It is simply told and easy to read, but not pleasant."

"Daisy Bates' vivid memoir illuminates one of the key events of an historic freedom struggle. . . . Her story will serve as a source of inspiration for future participants in the long struggle for human freedom."

About the Author:

Daisy Bates (1913?-1999) and her husband published the Arkansas State Press from 1941 to 1959. She served on the NAACP's national board from 1957 to 1970. In 1957 the Associated Press chose her as the Woman of the Year and one of the top ten newsmakers in the world. Clayborne Carson is professor of history and founding director of the Martin Luther King Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0938626752
• ISBN 13: 9780938626756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260