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| Creator: | Miller, Laura A. |
| Title: | Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) |
| Date: | 1958-1963 |
| Description: | Entry on the organization the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC), was formed in 1958 to combat Governor Faubus' closing of Little Rock public schools following the desegregation crisis at 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 | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994 | School integration--Massive resistance movement--Arkansas--Little Rock | School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock | Education--Arkansas--Little Rock | Public schools--Arkansas--Little Rock | Students--Arkansas--Little Rock | Teachers--Arkansas--Little Rock | Women social reformers--Arkansas--Little Rock | 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=716 |
