| Beyond Little Rock: The Origins and Legacies of the Central High Crisis Contributor(s): Kirk, John A. (Author), Trickey, Minnijean Brown (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1557288518 ISBN-13: 9781557288516 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $21.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: 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. 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 mobilization; race, gender, and the civil rights movement; the role of white liberals in the struggle; and the intersections of race and city planning policy. Kirk unearths many previously neglected individuals, organizations, and episodes, and provides a thought-provoking analytical framework for understanding them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Education | History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2007015444 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.34" W x 9" (0.78 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Locality - Little Rock, Arkansas - Chronological Period - 1950's - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. 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 mobilization; race, gender, and the civil rights movement; the role of white liberals in the struggle; and the intersections of race and city planning policy. Kirk unearths many previously neglected individuals, organizations, and episodes, and provides a thought-provoking analytical framework for understanding them." |