Little Rock Nine: Struggle for Integration

by Stephanie Fitzgerald

Describes how nine African American students in Little Rock, Arkansas helped change the education system in America by standing up for their rights to attend school alongside of white students.

Genres: Nonfiction

96 pages, Library Binding

First published August 31, 2006

Reviews

[Kishauna]

Arkansas. The setting affects the plot because during this time, segregation was still active. This plot is that the students are going to and all white school and receive numerous amounts of hate threats and death threats. The location doesn’t help because of all the racial problems that existed. “Segregationists who didn’t want the black students in their schools promised protests, prompted governor Faubus to deploy the guard.”(Fitzgerald 12)

[Mrs. Golden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always like to pair simple nonfiction with another read. I read this shortly after reading Warriors Don't Cry which gives us the firsthand account of segregation in 1957, this book fills in some of the background information leading up to this event. What I like most is the followup of the Little Rock Nine and how they succeeded in life. Fifty years later they returned to their high school to commemorate their historic experience and speak to today's reader on how it shaped their lives.

[Becky H · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing story of perserverance despite intense persecution. I liked the way the story was told from the first-hand perspective recounting of the events as they occurred in real time.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our library has this as a teen book. Takes a complicated historical event and makes it easier to approach. Good references at the end.