An Epitaph for Little Rock: A Fiftieth Anniversary Retrospective on the Central High Crisis

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AN EPITAPH FOR LITTLE ROCK AN EPITAPH FOR LITTLE ROCK A Fiftieth Anniversary Retrospective on the Central High Crisis Edited by John A. Kirk with a Foreword by Juan Williams from the Arkansas Historical Quarterly The University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 2008 Copyright © 2008 by The University of Arkansas Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ISBN-10: 1-55728-874-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-874-5 12 11 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 Text design by Ellen Beeler ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data An epitaph for Little Rock : a fiftieth anniversary retrospective on the Central High Crisis / edited by John A. Kirk. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-874-5 (paper : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-55728-874-7 (paper : alk. paper) 1. School integration—Arkansas—Little Rock—History—20th century. 2. Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)—History—20th century. 3. African American students—Arkansas—Little Rock—History—20th century. 4. African Americans—Civil rights—Arkansas—Little Rock—History—20th century. 5. Little Rock (Ark.)—Race relations—History—20th century. 6. African Americans—Arkansas—Little Rock—Attitudes. 7. Whites— Arkansas—Little Rock—Attitudes. 8. School integration—Arkansas—Little Rock—Historiography. 9. Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)— Historiography. I. Kirk, John A., 1970– LC214.23.L56E65 2008 379.2'630976773—dc22 2008003681 ...