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March forward, girl, from young warrior to Little Rock Nine, by Melba Pattillo Beals ; illustrated by Frank Morrison

eng

autobiography

illustrations

no index present

950L, Lexile

non fiction

March forward, girl

1032289924

by Melba Pattillo Beals ; illustrated by Frank Morrison

Accelerated Reader, MG+, 5.9, 7.0.

from young warrior to Little Rock Nine

"From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy selling Warriors Don't Cry comes a powerful, timely new memoir about growing up in the segregated South. Civil rights heroine Melba Patillo Beals puts readers right in her saddle oxfords as she struggles to understand--and fight back against--the laws that told her she was less just because of the color of her skin. Includes photos and illustrations"--, Provided by publisherLong before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattilo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions. Why couldn't she drink from a fountain marked "whites only"? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home - or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Be patient. Know your place. But Melba had the heart of a fighter - and the knowledge that her true place was a free one. But what makes one little girl stand up against the injustice around her? With powerful documentation of her early journey and stunning black-and-white illustrations by Frank Morrison, March Foward, Girl - an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up in the Jim Crow South - seeks to answer that question. And to prove that a single young person's actions truly can change the world. -- From dust jacket

juvenile