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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirk, John A., 1970-

Williams, Juan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

School integration.

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

African American students.

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

African Americans.

African Americans--Arkansas--Little Rock--Attitudes.

White people--Arkansas--Little Rock--Attitudes.

White people.

School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock--Historiography.

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

Little Rock (Ark.).

Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<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>

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61075-142-6

OCLC:

769187840