(CIVIL RIGHTS) Daisy Bates The Long Shadow of Little Rock A

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Daisy Bates. The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir, signed by the author. 8 leaves of illustrations. xv, [3], 234 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, minimal wear; lacking front free endpaper; in original unclipped illustrated dust jacket with moderate wear; signed and inscribed on the title page "Best wishes to Kay & Earl Davis, Daisy Bates, March 16, 1963." Color snapshot of the recipients laid in. New York: David McKay, [December 1962]

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First edition, second printing. Bates was the NAACP activist behind the successful integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 which captivated the nation. With a foreword by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Blockson 3282.