LEADER 04936nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910780862703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-45790-X 010 $a9786612457906 010 $a1-4008-3214-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400832149 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006979 035 $a(EBL)537649 035 $a(OCoLC)593209764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000339895 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294711 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339895 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10364731 035 $a(PQKB)11237886 035 $a(DE-B1597)446724 035 $a(OCoLC)979578649 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400832149 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537649 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364779 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537649 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006979 100 $a20090604d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLittle Rock$b[electronic resource] $erace and resistance at Central High School /$fKaren Anderson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 225 1 $aPolitics and society in twentieth-century America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-09293-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Not Here, Not Now, Not Us --$t1. Mapping Change: Little Rock Forges a Desegregation Plan --$t2. "Occupied Arkansas": Class, Gender, and the Politics of Resistance --$t3. Uncivil Disobedience: The Politics of Race and Resistance at Central High School, 1957-1958 --$t4. The Politics of School Closure: Massive Resistance Put to the Test, 1958-1959 --$t5. The Politics of Fear and Gridlock --$t6. Politics as Usual: Reviving the Politics of Tokenism --$tConclusions: Little Rock and the Legacies of Brown v. Board of Education --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aThe desegregation crisis in Little Rock is a landmark of American history: on September 4, 1957, after the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called up the National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School, preventing black students from going in. On September 25, 1957, nine black students, escorted by federal troops, gained entrance. With grace and depth, Little Rock provides fresh perspectives on the individuals, especially the activists and policymakers, involved in these dramatic events. Looking at a wide variety of evidence and sources, Karen Anderson examines American racial politics in relation to changes in youth culture, sexuality, gender relations, and economics, and she locates the conflicts of Little Rock within the larger political and historical context. Anderson considers how white groups at the time, including middle class women and the working class, shaped American race and class relations. She documents white women's political mobilizations and, exploring political resentments, sexual fears, and religious affiliations, illuminates the reasons behind segregationists' missteps and blunders. Anderson explains how the business elite in Little Rock retained power in the face of opposition, and identifies the moral failures of business leaders and moderates who sought the appearance of federal compliance rather than actual racial justice, leaving behind a legacy of white flight, poor urban schools, and institutional racism. Probing the conflicts of school desegregation in the mid-century South, Little Rock casts new light on connections between social inequality and the culture wars of modern America.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. 410 0$aPolitics and society in twentieth-century America. 606 $aSchool integration$zArkansas$zLittle Rock$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican American students$zArkansas$zLittle Rock$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xEducation$zArkansas$zLittle Rock$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSchool integration$xMassive resistance movement$zArkansas$zLittle Rock$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aLittle Rock (Ark.)$xRace relations 607 $aLittle Rock (Ark.)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aSchool integration$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American students$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xEducation$xHistory 615 0$aSchool integration$xMassive resistance movement$xHistory 676 $a379.2/630976773 700 $aAnderson$b Karen$f1947-$01505640 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780862703321 996 $aLittle Rock$93735320 997 $aUNINA