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.
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.
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.
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; Education; Little Rock (Ark.); Violence; Jerry Jewell; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Letter sent to members of the Little Rock School District Board from Jerry Jewell, president fo the Little Rock Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. regarding harrassment and abuse directed at African-American students in the public schools.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Wiley A. Branton; J.C. Crenchaw; Virgil Blossom
Letter from Virgil Blossom to Wiley Branton, chairman of the Legal Redress Committee of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP. The letter is in response to a petition regarding development of an early integration plan for Little Rock schools.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); Sweet Home (Ark.) (Ark.); College Station; Tom Downie; Wiley Branton; Jackie L. Shropshire; Thad Williams
Hearing by Pulaski County School Board of petitions filed by the NAACP to integrate Sweet Home and College Station schools.
