Elizabeth and Hazel : two women of Little Rock / David Margolick.
By: Margolick, David
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TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780300141931 (hardback); 0300141939 (hardback).Subject(s): Eckford, Elizabeth, 1941- | Massery, Hazel Bryan, 1942- | Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History -- 20th century | School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century | Interracial friendship -- Arkansas -- Little Rock | Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | Little Rock (Ark.) -- BiographyDDC classification: 379.2/63 Other classification: HIS036060 | SOC031000 | HIS036120 | BIO022000 | BIO006000 Summary: September 1957: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walks stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, while a white girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screams racial epithets. This famous photograph of Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery captures the anguish of desegregation -- in Little Rock and throughout the South -- and an epic moment in the civil rights movement. Author, David Margolick, recounts Elizabeth's struggle to overcome the trauma of her hate-filled school experience, and Hazel's long efforts to atone for a fateful, horrible mistake.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
September 1957: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walks stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, while a white girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screams racial epithets. This famous photograph of Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery captures the anguish of desegregation -- in Little Rock and throughout the South -- and an epic moment in the civil rights movement. Author, David Margolick, recounts Elizabeth's struggle to overcome the trauma of her hate-filled school experience, and Hazel's long efforts to atone for a fateful, horrible mistake.
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