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The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
178 pp.
| Clarion |
December, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-618-31556-X$19.00
(2)
YA
In this biography of the civil rights crusader, chapters about Bates's founding, with her husband, of the weekly Arkansas State Press set the stage for the excellent account of their involvement with the 1957 integration of Little Rock's Central High School. The Fradins have a lively style and a smooth way of bringing a large cast of persons to life. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2005