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Desegregation of Central High School

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Creator:Miller, Laura A.
Title:Desegregation of Central High School
Date:1954-1957
Description:

Entry on the event of the Desegregation of Central High School, the crisis that followed the attempt of nine African-American students to enroll at the all-white Little Rock high school. Article includes moving images, photographs, and documents.

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Types:Articles | Photographs | Moving images | Texts (document genres)
Subjects:Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994 | School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock | School integration--Massive resistance movement--Arkansas--Little Rock | African Americans--Civil rights--Arkansas--Little Rock | African Americans--Education | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) | African American high school students--Arkansas--Little Rock | High school students--Arkansas--Little Rock | Mobs--Arkansas--Little Rock | Soldiers--Arkansas--Little Rock | Students--Arkansas--Little Rock | Intervention (Federal government)--Arkansas--Little Rock | Federal-state controversies--Arkansas--Little Rock | Government, Resistance to--Southern States | 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
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copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007

Persistent Link to Item:http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=718