Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights. Arkansas State Advisory Committee
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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Author: C. Calvin Smith
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557288062
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Under segregation and in its aftermath, black teachers and principals created havens of dignity and uplift for their students and communities. In Arkansas, where even education for white children has always been underfunded, the work of these administrators has been particularly heroic. This book, researched and prepared by the Research Committee of the Retired Educators of Little Rock and Other Public Schools, outlines the challenges to generations of black administrators in the state, and it maps their achievements. It also offers the first reference guide to the personnel who have educated generations of black children through the most extreme of circumstances.

Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 868

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Author: Karen Anderson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400832144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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A political history of the most famous desegregation crisis in America 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 students from going in. On September 25, 1957, nine black students, escorted by federal troops, gained entrance. With grace and depth, Little Rock provides fresh perspectives on the individuals, especially the activists and policymakers, involved in these dramatic events. Looking at a wide variety of evidence and sources, Karen Anderson examines American racial politics in relation to changes in youth culture, sexuality, gender relations, and economics, and she locates the conflicts of Little Rock within the larger political and historical context. Anderson considers how white groups at the time, including middle class women and the working class, shaped American race and class relations. She documents white women's political mobilizations and, exploring political resentments, sexual fears, and religious affiliations, illuminates the reasons behind segregationists' missteps and blunders. Anderson explains how the business elite in Little Rock retained power in the face of opposition, and identifies the moral failures of business leaders and moderates who sought the appearance of federal compliance rather than actual racial justice, leaving behind a legacy of white flight, poor urban schools, and institutional racism. Probing the conflicts of school desegregation in the mid-century South, Little Rock casts new light on connections between social inequality and the culture wars of modern America. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies. Library
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 868

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Author: Meyer Weinberg
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Category : Minorities
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 1066

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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Includes entries for maps and atlases.