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Bates, Daisy. The Long Shadow of Little Rock.

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Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, 1987. A memoir by Daisy Bates giving her account of “The Battle of Little Rock” of September 3, 1957.

Bennett, Lerone Jr. Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1984. This black history classic emphasizes the role of African-Americans in American history and culture. It is based on the trials and triumphs of black Americans.

Carson, Clayborne.

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In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s. Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1981. A history of SNCC’s evolving radicalism.

Clark, Septima. Ready From Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement.

California: Wild Tree Press, 1986. A first-person narrative book on Septima Clark of her participation in the movement.

Fager, Charles E. Selma 1965: The March that Changed the South. Boston: Beacon Press, 1985.

Fairclough, Adam.