Q&As with the Author
(Owen Johnson, Indiana Public Media, Aug. 14, 2012, 51:32 mins.)
(Joe Muscolino, Biographile, Jun. 5, 2013)
(Yale Books Unbound, Yale University Press, Oct. 4, 2011)
(Stephanie Siek, CNN, Dec. 22, 2011)
(PBS NewsHour, YouTube, Dec. 16, 2011, 14:39 mins.)
(Jaime Lalinde, Vanity Fair, Oct. 5, 2011)
Selected Book Reviews
(Amy Schapiro, Washington Independent Review of Books, Oct. 31, 2011)
(Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 3, 2011)
(Lynell George, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 2011)
(Edward Kosner, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 5, 2011)
(Amy Finnerty, New York Times, Oct. 7, 2011)
Related Articles
(History by Zim, Jun. 18, 2014)
(Vaughn Wallace, Time & Life)
(Juan Williams, NPR, Sep. 21, 2007)
(NPR, Oct. 2, 2011)
(David Margolick, Slate, Jan. 19, 2015)
This is an excerpt from the book that Slate published in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
(Jon Anderson, Chicago Tribune, Oct. 17, 2000)
(David Margolick, Vanity Fair, Sep. 2007)
(National Education Diversity Program, PDF)
NDEP provides brief biographical information of the Little Rock Nine.
Media
Audio
(This American Life, Jul. 31, 2015, 58:38 mins.)
(Owen Johnson, Indiana Public Media, Aug. 14, 2012, 51:32 mins.)
(Juan Williams, NPR, Sep. 21, 2007, 7:46 mins.)
(NPR, Oct. 2, 2011)
(NPR Special Series)
Videos
(PBS NewsHour, Dec. 15, 2011, 8:54 mins.)
(Yale Press, Sep. 30, 2011, 5:34 mins.)
(BookTV, Nov. 7, 2011, 10:05 mins.)
(WorldPlot, Dec. 1, 2008, 4:53 mins.)
(Author Learning Center, Jun. 19, 2013, 1:44 mins.)
(Marty Katz DC, Oct. 18, 2011, 5:37 mins.)
(Author Learning Center, Jun. 19, 2013, 1:59 mins.)
(PBS NewsHour, Dec. 16, 2011, 14:38 mins.)
(AL Todd, May 11, 2010, 3:52 mins.)
(OWN TV, Aired Jan. 15, 1996, Posted Dec. 31, 2014, 2:43 mins.)
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Photographs
(Vaughn Wallace, Time & Life)
Relevant Current Events
(Aamer Madhani and Yamiche Alcindor, USA Today, Dec. 8, 2014)
(The Huffington Post)
(Chana Joffe-Walt, This is American Life, Chicago Public Media, Mar. 13, 2015, 59:47 mins.)
This story explores current-day issues of race and inequality in schools by looking at two very different schools only 3 miles apart in the Bronx.
(This is American Life, Chicago Public Media, Feb. 6, 2015, 59:55 mins.)
The two-part audio series explores recent cases related to race and police brutality, examining the issue from the perspective of both law enforcement and citizens.
Historical Context
(WorldPlot, Dec. 1, 2008, 4:53 mins.)
(U.S. Government)
(Stanford University)
(Little Rock Nine Foundation)
Teaching Materials
(Facing History and Ourselves, Nov. 2009, PDF)
This extensive guide is divided into five parts: Individual and Society, Dividing a Nation: Segregation and Its Consequences, Choices in Little Rock, The “Lost Year,” and Legacies. Many lesson plans with activities and writing suggestions are included throughout.
(Edutopia, Feb. 19, 2014)
Following a description of visual literacy, this guide provides an image analysis activity for students using the Elizabeth and Hazel photo.
(Yale University Press, 2011)
This PDF contains a list of discussion questions that Yale University Press published to supplement the book.
(National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Little Rock High School)
NPS provides a series of lessons on civil rights, including “‘All the World is Watching Us’: The Crisis at Little Rock Central High School, 1954-1957,” “Daisy Lee Gatson Bates,” “‘Great things happen in small places…’ Government Authority and Civil Rights Activism in Arkansas (1954-1959),” and “Every Person Has a Story of Courage: The Little Rock Nine,” among others.