Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine

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. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781575052274 Media Type: Paperback(New Edition) Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group Publication Date: 08-01-1997 Pages: 48 Product Dimensions: 5.88(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.15(d) Age Range: 8 - 9 Years Series: On My Own HistoryAbout 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