An epitaph for Little Rock : a fiftieth anniversary retrospective on the Central High Crisis

An epitaph for Little Rock : a fiftieth anniversary retrospective on the Central High Crisis /

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John A. Kirk is professor of U.S. history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Beyond Little Rock.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors:	Kirk, John A., 1970-, Williams, Juan
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2008
Subjects:	Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) > History > 20th century. Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) > Historiography. School integration > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century. African American students > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century. African Americans > Arkansas > Little Rock > Attitudes. White people > Arkansas > Little Rock > Attitudes. School integration > Arkansas > Little Rock > Historiography. Little Rock (Ark.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Looking Back At Little Rock; The White Citizens' Council and Resistance To School Desegregation In Arkansas; Politics and Law In The Little Rock Crisis, 1954-1957; Orval E. Faubus; Diversity Within A Racial Group ; Power From The Pedestal; The Little Rock Crisis and Postwar Black Activism In Arkansas; International Pressure and The U.S. Government's Response To Little Rock; After 1957; Notes; Index.