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My Father Said Yes: A White Pastor in Little Rock School Integration | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dunbar H. Ogden, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 721630
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 200
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Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 6.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0826515924
Dewey Decimal Number: 323.119607307677309045
EAN: 9780826515926
ASIN: 0826515924
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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On September 4, 1957, the group of African American high school students who became known as the Little Rock Nine walked up to the front of Central High to enroll in school. They were turned away by the National Guard, who had been called out by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. Blood will run in the streets, said Faubus, if Negro pupils should attempt to enter Central High School. A mob seethed out front. The man who led the Nine up to the lines of the National Guard on that fateful morning was the author's father, a white Presbyterian pastor.
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A Profound Read July 14, 2008
This is a profound book. I found myself writing the author to thank him--for sharing this story and this part of our history; for sharing so intimately of his father's life and the choices he made (I am inspired by his faith and actions); for exposing the realities behind the headlines and the snippets of history that were in our history books; for sharing his own journey; and overall for writing such an important book.
The Struggle to Integrate the Little Rock High School in 1957 July 5, 2008
Essential reading for anyone interested in this dark chapter of the civil rights movement. The book is based on thorough research into personal and public files and on personal memories. The argument is spellbinding at three levels: 1)an account of precisely what happened when Orville Faubus tried to defy the federal law; 2)a highly sympathetic account of the support by the Presbyterian (white) pastor Dunbar H. Ogden for the nine students attempting to register at the school; and 3)a deeply moving account by Ogden's son, a renown theater historian, concerning his own search for understanding after fifty years. The book is a superb success.
Must Read June 9, 2008
Well written and gripping, this true story is one of the most interesting books I have ever read.
A Must for Every School Library! May 26, 2008
This is one of the most needed books for students today. The collaboration between unlikely allies and their story is just what students today need to read to be able to have strong examples of unity in times of important social and political growth. As a school librarian, I find this a must in my library not only for students but as a vital resource for teachers. We still have a tremendous amount of segregation in our schools today.This book is just the tool we need to revisit this issue and reflect on our committment to social justice.
The unknown soldier of civil rights May 4, 2008
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This is the most readable page-turner from an academic publisher since Tom Clancy's first book. It's a true story with an unlikely hero: an aristocratic pastor from the old-style Deep South who led the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas because his conscience drove him to do it. In close partnership with Mrs. Daisy Bates, a feisty black female newspaper editor, Reverend Ogden kept up the struggle until the first black student had graduated (Ogden smuggled the young Dr. Martin Luther King into the ceremony). By then,Ogden had become an influential national spokesman for civil rights. Along the way he had to face his own doubts and depression, financial hardships, and terrible tragedy in his own family. His reward was to be fired by his congregation and forgotten by history, but he lived to see the outcome of the great revolution he had helped start. If any tale can be both a true inspiration and a great read, this is it.The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir
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