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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829005203321

Titolo

An epitaph for Little Rock : a fiftieth anniversary retrospective on the Central High Crisis / / edited by John A. Kirk ; with a foreword by Juan Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2008

ISBN

1-61075-142-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KirkJohn A. <1970->

WilliamsJuan

Disciplina

379.2/630976773

Soggetti

School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - History - 20th century

African American students - Arkansas - Little Rock - History - 20th century

African Americans - Civil rights - Arkansas - Little Rock - History - 20th century

African Americans - Arkansas - Little Rock - Attitudes

White people - Arkansas - Little Rock - Attitudes

School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - Historiography

Little Rock (Ark.) Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Looking Back At Little Rock; The White Citizens' Council and Resistance To School Desegregation In Arkansas; Politics and Law In The Little Rock Crisis, 1954-1957; Orval E. Faubus; Diversity Within A Racial Group ; Power From The Pedestal; The Little Rock Crisis and Postwar Black Activism In Arkansas; International Pressure and The U.S. Government's Response To Little Rock; After 1957; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<div>John A. Kirk is professor of U.S. history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Beyond Little Rock.</div>