| Race, Politics, and Memory: A Documentary History of the Little Rock School Crisis Contributor(s): Lewis, Catherine M. (Editor), Lewis, J. Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1557288577 ISBN-13: 9781557288578 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Arkansas governor Orval Faubus viewed the desegregation of Little Rock Central High through very different lenses. The president worried that displays of rampant racism tarnished the nation's reputation as a global power and undermined efforts to thwart the spread of communism. The governor sided with his segregationist constituents to guarantee his political survival. For the nine teenagers caught in the middle, Central High was a cauldron of racial tension. These students represented the black and moderate-white community's desire for social justice. The documents collected in this book-newspaper articles, political cartoons, excerpts from oral histories and memoirs, speeches, photographs, and editorials--help readers understand how this local, southern conflict became a national and international cause. The documents selected cover the period 1900-2006. Some have never been published before or are in out-of-print sources. Each reveals something significant about the event and its aftermath, while some offer an unconventional or unexpected perspective on the crisis and the issues it raised. A timeline, a list of key players in the crisis, and a selected, annotated bibliography are included. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 379.263 |
| LCCN: 2007021532 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.2" W x 8.93" (0.92 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Locality - Little Rock, Arkansas - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1950's |
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| Publisher Description: In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Arkansas governor Orval Faubus viewed the desegregation of Little Rock Central High through very different lenses. The president worried that displays of rampant racism tarnished the nation's reputation as a global power and undermined efforts to thwart the spread of communism. The governor sided with his segregationist constituents to guarantee his political survival. For the nine teenagers caught in the middle, Central High was a cauldron of racial tension. These students represented the black and moderate-white community s desire for social justice. The documents collected in this booknewspaper articles, political cartoons, excerpts from oral histories and memoirs, speeches, photographs, and editorialshelp readers understand how this local, southern conflict became a national and international cause. The documents selected cover the period 19002006. Some have never been published before or are in out-of-print sources. Each reveals something significant about the event and its aftermath, while some offer an unconventional or unexpected perspective on the crisis and the issues it raised. A timeline, a list of key players in the crisis, and a selected, annotated bibliography are included." |