Education; Integration; Blacks; African-Americans; Little Rock Central High School; Religion; Arkansas Gazette
Arkansas Gazette editorial, reprinted in the Arkansas Baptist, regarding the clergy's role in the integration of the Little Rock public schools in 1957.
Little Rock Central High School; Blacks; African-Americans; Integration; Lost Year; Education
An almost-empty hallway inside Central High School in September 1958, when Governor Faubus closed the Little Rock public high schools to avoid integration.
Integration; Blacks; African-Americans; Education; Little Rock Central High School; Lost Year
Three female public school students watch a class on television in September 1958, during the Lost Year when Gov. Orval Faubus closed Little Rock's public high schools to avoid integration.
Integration; Education; Blacks; African-Americans; Little Rock Central High School; Lost Year
A student watches a science class on television in September 1958, during the Lost Year when Gov. Orval Faubus closed the Little Rock public high schools to avoid integration.
Flyer issued by the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) calling for the reopening of the Little Rock public schools after Gov. Faubus closed them to avoid integration in 1958.
Little Rock (Ark.); Little Rock Central High School; African-Americans; Blacks; Integration
Act 4, passed by the Arkansas General Assembly in the Extraordinary Session of 1958, gave Governor Orval E. Faubus the power to close the public schools in order to prevent integration.
Integration; Blacks; African-Americans; Little Rock Central High School; Segregation; Politics and Government
Rep. Brooks Hays of Little Rock was considered a moderate during the integration crisis of 1957 and was defeated by segregationist write-in candidate Dale Alford in the 1958 election.