Central in Our Lives
The "third side of the story" has now been told about
Little Rock Central High School in the desegregation
crisis of 1957.
ph: (501) 376-2327
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READER COMMENTS
This is a collection of stories that have long needed telling, and they could not have been better told. It's going to be read and talked about in a lot of places for a long time.
Miller Williams, Poet and Founder, University of Arkansas Press
Central in Our Lives is a “must read” by people of social conscience.... It is a remarkable book of comments by authentic students … Every library, school and public, will need to have copies of this book. … Not only does it make interesting reading but it points out a neglected side of the story.
Margaret Kolb, Founding Member, Womens Emergency Committee 1958
Who better to recall events as they actually happened than one who was in the very center of the maelstrom?
Randy L. Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church
Central in Our Lives … is a sound and needed addition to the literature of the event – needed for the balance it adds. No one else could have spoken for the majority of the students but the students themselves and they finally have come out of the shadows.
Carol Griffee, Journalist and Historian
Anyone interested in the Crisis will find Central In Our Lives indispensable. Brodie and Schwartz… have given us a deeper appreciation of the complexity of the Central High tragedy.
Phillip H. McMath, Attorney and Author of Lost Kingdoms
Your book Central in Our Lives is a delight and much needed to bring any balance to the Central High episode!
William H. Bowen, Lawyer, Banker, and Author of The Boy from Altheimer.
This collection of stories and commentary is essential reading for everyone wanting a fuller picture of the times and manners of a half century ago. Teenagers were not free agents; parents reminded them from time to time that their actions at school could hurt family businesses or even family members.
Michael B. Dougan, PhD, Professor of History and Author of Arkansas Odyssey.
Miller Williams, Poet and Founder, University of Arkansas Press
Central in Our Lives is a “must read” by people of social conscience.... It is a remarkable book of comments by authentic students … Every library, school and public, will need to have copies of this book. … Not only does it make interesting reading but it points out a neglected side of the story.
Margaret Kolb, Founding Member, Womens Emergency Committee 1958
Who better to recall events as they actually happened than one who was in the very center of the maelstrom?
Randy L. Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church
Central in Our Lives … is a sound and needed addition to the literature of the event – needed for the balance it adds. No one else could have spoken for the majority of the students but the students themselves and they finally have come out of the shadows.
Carol Griffee, Journalist and Historian
Anyone interested in the Crisis will find Central In Our Lives indispensable. Brodie and Schwartz… have given us a deeper appreciation of the complexity of the Central High tragedy.
Phillip H. McMath, Attorney and Author of Lost Kingdoms
Your book Central in Our Lives is a delight and much needed to bring any balance to the Central High episode!
William H. Bowen, Lawyer, Banker, and Author of The Boy from Altheimer.
This collection of stories and commentary is essential reading for everyone wanting a fuller picture of the times and manners of a half century ago. Teenagers were not free agents; parents reminded them from time to time that their actions at school could hurt family businesses or even family members.
Michael B. Dougan, PhD, Professor of History and Author of Arkansas Odyssey.
ph: (501) 376-2327
rbrodie
