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| Creator: | Johnson, Ben |
| Title: | World War II through the Faubus Era, 1941 through 1967 |
| Date: | 1941-1967 |
| Description: | Overview entry of the time period World War II through the Faubus Era, 1941 through 1967, African-American servicemen returned to Arkansas as second-class citizens and began to challenge Southern racism and Jim Crow. This time period saw the build-up towards the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1960s, as 1957 brought the infamous desgregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Articles | Photographs | Paintings |
| Subjects: | Arkansas--Politics and government--1951- | Arkansas--History | Little Rock (Ark.) | North Little Rock (Ark.) | Pulaski County (Ark.) |
| Collection: | Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |
| Institution: | Richard C. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies |
| Contributors: | Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |
| Online Publisher: | [Little Rock, Ark.] : The Central Arkansas Library System | 2006-04-04 |
| Rights and Usage: | copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=404 |
