Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); Aaron v. Cooper
In light of the Federal decision in Cooper vs. Aaron, Little Rock Board of Education issue official notice of plans to proceed with gradual desegregation of Little Rock public schools.
Desegregation; Integration; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.)
Announcement of training institute during the 1966-67 school year for teachers and school administrators dealing with issues surrounding school desegregation.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Brooks Hays; Virgil Blossom
A draft copy of a bill sponsored by Congressman Brooks Hays requiring study by the US Commission on Civil Rights of the problems in school desegregation.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Wiley A. Branton; Ozell Sutton; William G. Cooper; Virgil Blossom
Letter from Wiley Branton of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP to William G. Cooper of the Little Rock School Board regarding an attached petition for implementation of 1954 Brown decision.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Oregon Report; Floyd W. Parsons
Memorandum prepared by Little Rock Public Schools Superintendent Floyd W. Parsons summarizing the Oregon Report and its possible usefulness in the desegregation of Little Rock public schools.
Integration; Desegregation; Little Rock (Ark.) Central High Crisisl; Little Rock (Ark.); Virgil Blossom
Autobiographical typescript by Virgil T. Blossom describing his role in events surrounding Little Rock Central High School desegregation. Part I consists of an overview of Little Rock Central High crisis of 1957, and recounts Blossom's pre-Little...
Desegregation; Racism; Little Rock Central High School; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); White Citizens Council
Photograph of Little Rock 9 students being escorted into Central High School by troops of the 101st Airborne Division, from White Citizens Council magazine