Little Rock : race and resistance at Central High School

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The desegregation crisis in Little Rock is a landmark of American history: on September 4, 1957, after the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called up the National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School, preventing black student...

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Main Author: Anderson, Karen, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010
Series:Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
Subjects:
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) > History.
School integration > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century.
African American students > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Education > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century.
School integration > Massive resistance movement > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century.
Little Rock (Ark.) > Race relations.
Little Rock (Ark.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
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