Cracking The Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine (On My Own History) - Softcover

Lucas, Eileen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157505227X ISBN 13: 9781575052274

Publisher: Carolrhoda, 1997

Synopsis

In 1957, nine teenagers were chosen to be the first black students to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. A small group of people in Little Rock, including the governor of Arkansas, wanted to keep them out. But those nine students knew they had a right to a good education. And they would do anything to crack the wall that had kept black people and white people apart.

About this title

About the Author:

Eileen (O'Donnell) Lucas grew up in Chicago, spent a semester in college in Ireland, and graduated from Western Illinois University. She lived near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, for over 20 years, where her sons Travis and Brendan were born. She worked as a freelance writer and an elementary and middle school teacher during these years. She now lives in Florida, where she loves to go to the beach and listen to Jimmy Buffett music. She also loves to visit her trailer in the woods in central Wisconsin, where she takes care of her garden and hikes in the pines. Besides nonfiction children's books, she writes for an educational software publishing company in Wisconsin.

Synopsis:

A brief introduction to the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carolrhoda
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 157505227X
• ISBN 13: 9781575052274
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48