| Remember Little Rock Contributor(s): Devlin, Erin Krutko (Author) |
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ISBN: 1625342691 ISBN-13: 9781625342690 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Education | History - History | African American |
| Dewey: 379.263 |
| LCCN: 2016059939 |
| Series: Public History in Historical Perspective |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Locality - Little Rock, Arkansas - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Topical - Black History - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Remember Little Rock Erin Krutko Devlin explores public memories surrounding the iconic Arkansas school desegregation crisis of 1957 and shows how these memories were vigorously contested and sometimes deployed against the cause. Delving into a wide variety of sources, from memoirs to televised docudramas, commemoration ceremonies, and the creation of Little Rock High museums, Devlin reveals how many white moderates proclaimed Little Rock a victory for civil rights and educational equality even as segregation persisted. At the same time, African American activists, students, and their families asserted their own stories in the ongoing fight for racial justice. Devlin also demonstrates that public memory directly bears on law and policy. She argues that the triumphal narrative of civil rights has been used to stall school desegregation, support tokenism, and to roll back federal court oversight of school desegregation, voter registration, and efforts to promote diversity in public institutions. Remember Little Rock examines the chasm between the rhetoric of the post--civil rights era and the reality of enduring racial inequality. |