Integration; Blacks; African-Americans; Education; Little Rock Central High School; Demonstrations
A young African American boy watches as segregationists march in Little Rock from the Arkansas State Capitol to Central High School to protest the integration of the school
Women's Emergency Committee; Women; Integration; Little Rock (Ark.); Education
Flyer issued by the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC). Gov. Orval Faubus closed the Little Rock public schools to avoid integration. Virginia closed schools as well, but reopened after the law was declared unconstitutional.
Letter to George Edwards of Texarkana, leader of a Ku Klux Klan faction from the National Imperial Dragon of the KKK challenging Edwards to a public debate to address allegations
Segregationists; Racism; Little Rock Central High School; Robert J. Norwood; Social Conditions
Article in the New York Times regarding the arrest of Robert J. Norwood, head of the Arkansas States Rights Council and an ardent segregationist, for public intoxication in a nightclub catering to African-Americans.
Letter from Selsus E. Tull, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to Erwin L. McDonald, editor of Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine, disagreeing with McDonald's views on integration.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); Ted Lamb; William F. Rector; Everett Tucker; Russell Matson; Mrs. C.W. Stephens
Broadside published by moderate candidates for Little Rock School Board positions.
Integration; Women's Emergency Committee; Education; Blacks; African-Americans; Little Rock (Ark.) Public Schools; Vivion L. Brewer
Letter written Vivion Brewer, Chairman of the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, to Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine expressing thanks for editorial support for public schools.
