{"product_id":"the-first-twenty-five-laverne-bell-tolliver-9781682260470","title":"The First Twenty-Five: An Oral History of the Desegregation of Little Rock's Public Junior High Schools","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It was one of those periods that you got through, as opposed to enjoyed. It wasn't an environment that . . . was nurturing, so you shut it out. You just got through it. You just took it a day at a time. You excelled if you could. You did your best. You felt as though the eyes of the community were on you.\"--Glenda Wilson, East Side Junior High\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch has been written about the historical desegregation of Little Rock Central High School by nine African American students in 1957. History has been silent, however, about the students who desegregated Little Rock's five public junior high schools--East Side, Forest Heights, Pulaski Heights, Southwest, and West Side--in 1961 and 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Twenty-Five\u003c\/i\u003e gathers the personal stories of these students some fifty years later. They recall what it was like to break down long-standing racial barriers while in their early teens--a developmental stage that often brings emotional vulnerability. In their own words, these individuals share what they saw, heard, and felt as children on the front lines of the civil rights movement, providing insight about this important time in Little Rock, and how these often painful events from their childhoods affected the rest of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laverne Bell-Tolliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168226047X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682260470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018","brand":"Laverne Bell-Tolliver","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979540234495,"sku":"9781682260470","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb8e31ff-08d5-46e2-bbea-d3f3d644c935.jpg?v=1683245936","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-twenty-five-laverne-bell-tolliver-9781682260470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}