Download or read book Little Colored Girls Want to Wear Pearls Too written by Janice Mack Guess and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-07 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical memoire about the challenges my siblings and I encountered when we desegregated a junior high school in Durham, North Carolina following the violent climax of "Freedom Summer," and the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. It is a compelling story inspired by true events told from the perspective of a 12-year old colored girl during a tumultuous time in our nation.