Arch Ford, Director of the Arkansas Department of Education, wrote this editorial supporting the Federal Vocational Education Act of 1963, which would provide equal opportunties in schools for both African American students and teachers.
Integration; Little Rock Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); Virgil Blossom; Little Rock (Ark.) Education Council
Letter from Gertrude Thale and Etta Mayhan, Little Rock Education Council, congratulating Superintendent Virgil Blossom on his election as 1956 Little Rock Man Of The Year
Integration; Education; Hugh Patterson; Arkansas Gazette; Arch W. Ford; United Committee for Better Schools; Eisenhower Administration
Press release from the Arkansas State Board of Education announcing a series of meetings on the school situation in Arkansas and future integration after the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education.
Editorial by Arch Ford, directory of the Arkansas Department of Education, on how successful the state's schools have been in complying with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Editorial by Arch Ford, director of the Arkansas Department of Education, reacting to President Richard Nixon's statement on the problems associated with the Supreme Court decision in 1954 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.) School District; Wiley Branton; Virgil Blossom; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Transcript of meeting between members of the Little Rock Board of Education and the Legal Redress Committee of the NAACP.
Education; Little Rock Central High School; Violence; African-Americans; Blacks
The FBI launched an investigation into violence aimed at the nine black students integrating Little Rock Central High School. Miss Beverly Burks was a 10th grader at the school, 1957.
Jimmy Karam; Little Rock Central High School; Education; Integration; African-Americans; Blacks
Jimmy Karam, a Little Rock businessman was one of the leaders of the anti-integrationist movement during the Little Rock Central High School Crisis in 1957.
White Citizens Council; Little Rock Central High School; Integration; Education; Bigotry; Racism
The Citizens Council of America offered "Remember Little Rock" bumper stickers to its members, opposing integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
