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March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine

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From the legendary civil rights activist and writer of the million-copy selling Warriors Do not Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up at the same time as facing adversity within the Jim Crow South.

Long before she used to be one of the most Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals used to be 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 “whites only” fountain? Why couldn’t she feel protected beyond home—and even inside the walls of church?  Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Be patient. Know your place. But Beals had the heart of a fighter—and the knowledge that her true place used to be a free one.

Combined with emotive drawings and photos, this memoir paints a vivid picture of Beals’ powerful early journey at the road to becoming a champion for equal rights, an acclaimed journalist, a best-selling writer, and the recipient of this country’s highest recognition, the Congressional Gold Medal.
 

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