Little Rock on Trial
Winner: J.G. Ragsdale Book Award
Choice Outstanding Title
Americans were riveted to their television sets in 1957, when a violent mob barred black students from entering Little Rock’s Central High School and faced off against paratroopers sent by a reluctant President Eisenhower. That set off a firestorm of protest throughout the nation and ultimately led to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in ...
Winner: J.G. Ragsdale Book Award
Choice Outstanding Title
Americans were riveted to their television sets in 1957, when a violent mob barred black students from entering Little Rock’s Central High School and faced off against paratroopers sent by a reluctant President Eisenhower. That set off a firestorm of protest throughout the nation and ultimately led to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in ...
