"As a child growing up in Arkansas, Daisy Bates experienced segregation in restaurants, parks, and stores. At school, she and her classmates were crowded into poorly equipped rooms and deprived of the quality of education their white neighbors enjoyed. The practice of forcing African Americans to use separate, often inferior, facilities was an accepted way of life in many parts of the United States." "As an adult, Daisy Bates spoke out about civil rights in an influential newspaper she copublished with her husband, and she became her state's NAACP president. In 1957, after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered public schools to integrate, she was the mentor of the nine black students who attended Little Rock's Central High School amid the protests of thousands of angry whites. Daisy Bates guided those students-the Little Rock Nine-through a year filled with verbal and physical abuse. The furor reached such a pitch that soldiers were called in to patrol the school and control the angry mobs outside. Mrs. Bates herself became a target of racists, who shattered her windows, burned crosses on her lawn, and threatened her life." "In this inspiring companion to their previous distinguished biographies, Judith and Dennis Fradin have drawn upon archival material as well as interviews with Daisy Bates's relatives and members of the Little Rock Nine. The result is a compelling book about the triumph of one courageous woman who made a difference. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-171) and index.

Introduction: "The Bravest Woman I Have Ever Known" 1. "The Next Will Be Dynamite" 2. "Niggers Have to Wait" 3. "Who Killed My Mother?" 4. "Hate Can Destroy You, Daisy" 5. Birth of the Arkansas State Press 6. "Do Something" 7. "There Must Be Some Place in America" 8. "You Will Refrain from Calling Me Daisy"

9. "Daisy, Daisy, Did You Hear the News?" 10. "They're In!" 11. "Some Victory!" 12. "See You Later, Integrator!" 13. "Follow in Your Footsteps" 14. "We Made It" 15. "To Rid Our Nation of the Evils of Segregation" 16. The Power of One.