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UNDERSTANDING THE LITTLE ROCK CRISIS: AN EXERCISE IN REMEMBRANCE AND RECONCILIATION
Elizabeth Jacoway
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Paperback. Editor(s): Jacoway, Elizabeth; Williams, C.Fred. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
In the fall of 1957, Gov. Orval Faubus used the Arkansas National Guard to prohibit nine black children from entering Little Rock's Central High School. In the fall of 1997, the "Little Rock Nine" returned to Central High, this time escorted by President Bill Clinton. In the forty years that had intervened, the United States witnessed substantial changes in American race relations, but the city of Little Rock had not overcome its legacy of strife. The two-year crisis, once over, left behind confusion and misunderstanding. Racial and class-based mistrust lingers in the city of Little Rock, and, nationally and internationally, ... Read more
In the fall of 1957, Gov. Orval Faubus used the Arkansas National Guard to prohibit nine black children from entering Little Rock's Central High School. In the fall of 1997, the "Little Rock Nine" returned to Central High, this time escorted by President Bill Clinton. In the forty years that had intervened, the United States witnessed substantial changes in American race relations, but the city of Little Rock had not overcome its legacy of strife. The two-year crisis, once over, left behind confusion and misunderstanding. Racial and class-based mistrust lingers in the city of Little Rock, and, nationally and internationally, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557285300
SKU
V9781557285300
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