Follow Carlotta Walls LaNier’s courageous story in A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School as one of nine black students who integrated the all-white Little Rock Central High School and became known as the Little Rock Nine. Adapted for young readers, this historical memoir journeys through traumatic and life-changing events that influenced the Little Rock Nine in individual ways. 

Check it out along with the other titles written by black authors featured below!

All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Written by Carole Boston Weatherford & Illustrated by Ashley Evans
Published by Crown Books For Young Readers
Available February 28th!

The Black Queen
Written by Jumata Emill
Published by Delacorte Press
Available Today!

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
Written by Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden & Illustrated by Hayden Goodman
Published by Anne Schwartz Books
Available Now!

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
Written by Talia Hibbert
Published by Joy Revolution
Available Now!

Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better
Written by Glenda Armand & Kim Freeman & Illustrated by Keith Mallett
Published by Crown Books For Young Readers
Available Today!

A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
Written Carlotta Walls LaNier &  Lisa Frazier Page
Published by Delacorte Press
Available Today!