In 1957, three years after the Supreme Court declared segregated schools unconstitutional, nine black students were chosen by the NAACP to try to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The students were met by an angry white mob, and it took the presence of federal troops to get them into class. One of the students was Melba Pattillo Beals. She’s written a new book called ‘I Will Not Fear,’ about her childhood. Also, film critic David Edelstein reviews ‘In The Fade.’
