Understanding the Little Rock crisis : an exercise in remembrance and reconciliation / edited by Elizabeth Jacoway and C. Fred Williams.

Other author Jacoway, Elizabeth, 1944-
Other author Williams, C. Fred.
Format Book
Publication InfoFayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1999.
Descriptionvii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)--History.
School integration--Arkansas. --Little Rock. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Education. --Arkansas. --Little Rock. --History. --20th century.

Contents Introduction: understanding the past: the challenge of Little Rock / Elizabeth Jacoway -- Little Rock and the promise of America / Sheldon Hackney -- Segregation and racism: taking up the dream again / David R. Goldfield -- Growing up segregated / George C. Wright -- Growing up integrated / Joel Williamson -- Arkansas, the Brown decision, and the 1957 Little Rock School crisis: a local perspective / John A. Kirk -- The white reaction to Brown: Arkansas, the southern manifesto, and massive resistance / Anthony J. Badger -- The contest for the soul of Orval Faubus / Roy Reed -- The lesson of Little Rock: stability, growth, and change in the American South / James C. Cobb -- The constitutional lessons of the Little Rock crisis / Kermit L. Hall -- The past as future: the Little Rock crisis and the constitution / Tony A. Freyer -- The documentary heritage of the Central High crisis: a biographical essay / Michael J. Dabrishus.
Local noteLittle-321828--305131024300M
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.
LCCN 99028024
ISBN1557285292 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1557285306 (paper : alk. paper)
Other class# HI.F 3/178-8:U 5/999

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks LC214.23 .L56 U53 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold