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.
Education; Blacks; African-Americans; Integration; Politics and Government
Article published in the Arkansas Gazette reporting on the discussion in the Arkansas Senate regarding a "mixed school bill," which would allow for whites and blacks students in the same schools.
Integration; Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); John Walker
Telegram from attorney John Walker regarding Little Rock school's plans to bus black students to black schools in 1966, contrary to previous statements.
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.
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.
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.
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.
