i got to be good friends with terrance roberts, who wrote the introduction to the book and served as my mentor to make sure that i had it right, and the man hue script was actually -- manuscript and was actually read by four others of the little rock 9. minnie jean read it and i interviewed her for many hours and that was really fun and gloria ray carlmark and i wrote e-mails back and forth to sweden and she was very, very helpful, including she sent me a pdf of a note that was left on her desk and it's in the book, first time it's ever been published, remember the pape famous, one dn eight to go, and i had never seen that and i'm honored to be the first person to be able to publish that, so being close with some of the little rock 9 was wonderful. i also got to be close with a number of the white students, including particularly the handful of white students who really laid their own lives on the line to support the little rock nine, and i'd like to honor one of them, who happens to be here today. what's your name? no. robin wood, who is on the back cover, with a wonderful quote and

. >> fourteen year-old carlotta walls a 15 year-old terrance roberts stood on the stairs of little rockool in september of 1957. the two mirrors of the "little rock nine" recalled their participation in the integration of the arkansas high school and the years that followed. the little rock central high school national historic site in arkansas posted this 45 minute event. >> i have to tell you, it is such an honor to be sitting here signing my book at the table with carlotta walls lanier and tarrant roberts. when i started my journey as a professional writer in 1984, i could never imagine that i would be signing books with two recipients of a congressional gold medal, the highest civilian