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The Power of One
Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
By Fradin, Judith Bloom & Fradin, Dennis Brindell
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61831-556-7
- Publisher
- Clarion
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2005
Gr 6-9 With the aid of archival photographs, meticulous research, and primary-source material, the Fradins have created an outstanding and passionate biography of a civil rights leader who gained prominence as the mentor of the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. Raised in rural Arkansas by adoptive parents, Bates experienced early on the insults and humiliation associated with segregation. When she learned that her mother had been raped and killed (probably by...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
Although many young readers won't know who civil rights crusader Daisy Bates was, they will be drawn into this biography from the early revelation that as a young person herself, Daisy was clearly something of a handful. At eight, for example, Daisy, already experienced in the ways of racial injustice, refused to be in the church Christmas pageant. She seethed, "I don't want to be in the play ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
