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Little Rock Central High School still functions as part of the Little Rock School District and is now a National Historic Site that houses a Civil Rights Museum, administered in partnership with the National Park Service, to commemorate the events of 1957. [30]
Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that denied the school board of Little Rock, Arkansas the right to delay racial desegregation for 30 months. [1]
John W. Walker was born in Hope, Arkansas, where he attended Yerger High School until 1952. In 1965, Walker began the general practice of law in Little Rock, Arkansas with the emphasis on civil rights. In 1968, he opened one of the first three racially integrated law firms in the south, first known as Walker and Chachkin.
Bates's memoir, The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir, published in 1962, [20] chronicles her experiences as a civil rights activist during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The book provides a firsthand account of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American students who integrated the school in ...
She is a well-known civil rights figure in Arkansas, where a downtown street in the capital, Little Rock, is named in her honor. The state also marks Daisy Bates Day on Presidents Day.
During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, the African Americans fought for an end to segregation and discrimination. The Little Rock Nine, a group of Black students who enrolled in the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957, became a national symbol of the struggle for civil rights.
Arkansas' governor Orval Faubus questioned the authority of the federal court system and the validity of desegregation. The crisis at Little Rock's Central High School was the first fundamental test of the national resolve to enforce black civil rights in the face of massive resistance during the years
Westover Hills Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Little Rock, AR. Westover Hills is notable for its history in the Civil Rights struggle in Little Rock and the work of its then pastor Richard B. Hardie, Jr. in support of integration of the Little Rock Public Schools. [1]