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Beyond Little Rock: The Origins and Legacies of the Central High Crisis
John A. Kirk
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Description for Beyond Little Rock: The Origins and Legacies of the Central High Crisis
Paperback. Based on archival work, private paper collections, and oral history, this book includes eight of John Kirk's essays. Together, these essays locate the dramatic events of the crisis within the larger story of the African American struggle for freedom and equality in Arkansas, in the South, and in the nation. Num Pages: 220 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JJPG; JFFJ; JFSL; JNS; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Based on extensive archival work, private paper collections, and oral history, this book includes eight of John Kirk's essays, two of which have never been published before. Together, these essays locate the dramatic events of the crisis within the larger story of the African American struggle for freedom and equality in Arkansas, in the South, and in the nation. Examining key episodes in state history from before the New Deal to the present, Kirk covers a wide range of topics that include the historiography of the school crisis; the impact of the New Deal; early African American politics and mass ... Read more
Based on extensive archival work, private paper collections, and oral history, this book includes eight of John Kirk's essays, two of which have never been published before. Together, these essays locate the dramatic events of the crisis within the larger story of the African American struggle for freedom and equality in Arkansas, in the South, and in the nation. Examining key episodes in state history from before the New Deal to the present, Kirk covers a wide range of topics that include the historiography of the school crisis; the impact of the New Deal; early African American politics and mass ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557288516
SKU
V9781557288516
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About John A. Kirk
John A. Kirk is professor of United States history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement: Controversies and Debates, Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Redefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940-1970, for which he won the 2003 J. G. Ragsdale Book Award. Minnijean ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond Little Rock: The Origins and Legacies of the Central High Crisis
As this masterly collection of essays shows, no one is better equipped than John Kirk to put the Little Rock crisis in the context of the 'long' civil rights movement in Arkansas. No one better explores the nuances of divisions within both the black and white communities or better captures the agency of African Americans in the development of race ... Read more