Lessons from Little Rock

In his compelling memoir detailing the Little Rock Desegregation Crisis of 1957, "Little Rock Nine" member Terrence Roberts opens the door to the life he and his family lived in the segregated South in the 1950s.

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Main Author: Roberts, Terrence J.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Little Rock, Ark. : Butler Center Books, 2013.
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505 0 |a My moment as a fly -- First grade executives -- A minister who learned the wrong lesson -- Saved by the west ninth street taxi -- Finding dad before he drank up the paycheck -- "Stretch it out" -- Three dollars, an eel, and bright kids -- The all-white electricians' union -- The Little Rock Seventeen" -- Photographs -- Daisy Bates and Thurgood Marshall -- A system for rating insults -- The penknife and the switchblade -- The emotional price of non-violence -- Lessons from the barbershop and lawn-mowing clients -- Unexpected move to Los Angeles -- Those who would re-write history -- Consulting for the Little Rock School District -- Much to learn -- Not a linear journey. 
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