March Forward, Girl

Description:

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

subjects: School integration,  Race relations,  African American students,  Black Civil rights workers,  Juvenile literature,  History,  African americans, biography,  African americans, biography, juvenile literature,  Civil rights workers,  Civil rights workers, juvenile literature,  Arkansas, juvenile literature,  African americans, history,  African americans, segregation

People: Melba Beals

Places: United States,  Arkansas,  Little Rock (Ark.)

Times: 20th century,  1953-1961