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A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls LaNier and Lisa Frazier Page recounts LaNier’s experience as the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine, detailing the trials she faced integrating the all-white Little Rock Central High School. It also covers her life growing up in the Jim Crow-era South, the struggles she endured after Central, and her eventual reconnection with her fellow Little Rock Nine members. The memoir underscores the resilience required to pursue educational integration amidst systemic racism and highlights the significance of these Civil Rights events from LaNier’s unique perspective. This book contains racial slurs used against LaNier and her peers, as well as descriptions of racial violence.