From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy selling Warriors Don't Cry comes a powerful, timely new memoir about growing up in the segregated South. Civil rights heroine Melba Patillo Beals puts readers right in her saddle oxfords as she struggles to understand--and fight back against--the laws that told her she was less just because of the color of her skin. Includes photos and illustrations.

I'll figure it out later -- When fear comes home -- Black is an inconvenient color -- A head full of questions -- A church full of angels -- Rules of my survival -- Dimming the light of my dream -- Into the real world outside -- I'm not alone -- Becoming a real student -- The world is my birthday gift -- Hope that the world can be mine -- Blessed -- Santa is in town -- Television and bomb shelters -- Finding my piece of the pie -- Angel in a white sheet -- Who is Jim Crow? -- My life forges ahead -- Marching forward.