A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
by Carlotta Walls LaNier
When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2009
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1040L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)--History
- 20th century
- School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock--History--20th century
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | United States | State & Local - South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,NC,SC,TN,VA,WV)
- School integration
- Arkansas
- African American students
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- LaNier, Carlotta Walls
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
- History
- African American students--Arkansas--Little Rock--Biography
- Education | History
- Little Rock
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