The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine

by Dennis Brindell Fradin

As a child growing up in Arkansas, Daisy Bates experienced segregation in restaurants, parks, and stores. At school, she and her classmates were crowded into poorly equipped rooms and deprived of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 061831556X
• ISBN13: 9780618315567
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Must Read

I feel that joint writers Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin did an excellent job with the writing and pictures exhibited in The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine. It's hard to believe that the demand for integrated schools occurred less than a century ago. The novel depicts civil rights activist Daisy Bates and her quest to integrate the public schools of Arkansas during the late 1950s and early 1960s. She stood behind the nine African American students who our nation dubbed the "Little Rock Nine." The book provides pictures of Daisy's life including eye opening shots of the abuse the nine students as well as Diasy herself endured from Little Rock's public just to gain equal opportunity to education. Readers will become inspired by and appreciative of Daisy's work.