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In September 1957, the nation was transfixed by nine black students attempting to integrate Central High School in Little Rock in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. Governor Orval Faubus had defied the city's integration plan by calling out the Arkansas... read more
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- Orval Faubus: Add a description of this character.
- Harry Ashmore
- Herbert Brownell
- Jim Johnson
- Brooks Hays
- Daisy Bates
- Judge Miller
- Eisenhower
- Wiley Branton
- Amis Guthridge
- Bill Smith
- Virgil Blossom
- Everett Tucker
- Judge Davies
- Elizabeth Huckaby
- Caldwell
- Jess Matthews
- Richard Butler
- Little Rock
- Henry Woods
- Horace Mann
- Jimmy Karam
- Harold Engstrom
- Mrs. Terry
- Thurgood Marshall
- Melba Patillo
- J. O. Powell
- Sid Mcmath
- Lemley
- Minnijean
- Wayne Upton
- Alford
- Hugh Patterson
Setting & Locations edit
- Arkansas Gazette
- Central High School
- United States
- Washington
- Newport
- Osro Cobb
- New York
- Georgia
- Virginia
- Mississippi
- White America
- D.c.
- Dallas
- White House
- South Carolina
- Hall High School
- Tennessee
- Fayetteville
- Europe
- Texas
- Pine Bluff
- North Carolina
- Park Street
- Charlotte
- Memphis
Authors & Contributors edit
- Elizabeth Jacoway (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0743297199
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Free Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0743297199
Page Count: 496
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 379.2630976773
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › Arkansas
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › South
- Books › History › Americas › United States › African Americans › History
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1950s
- Books › Nonfiction › Education › Education Theory › History
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