Little Rock : race and resistance at Central High School

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Title:

Little Rock : race and resistance at Central High School

Author:

Anderson, Karen, 1947-

Personal Author:

Anderson, Karen, 1947-

Publication Information:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010]

Physical Description:

x, 330 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.

Series:

Politics and society in twentieth-century America

Politics and society in twentieth-century America.

Language:

English

Contents:

Mapping change : Little Rock forges a desegregation plan -- "Occupied Arkansas" : class, gender, and the politics of resistance -- Uncivil disobedience : the politics of race and resistance at Central High School, 1957-1958 -- The politics of school closure : massive resistance put to the test, 1958-1959 -- The politics of fear and gridlock -- Politics as usual : reviving the politics of tokenism. -- Conclusions. Little Rock and the legacies of Brown v. Board of Education.

Corporate Subject:

Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History.

Subject Term:

School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.

African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.

School integration -- Massive resistance movement -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations.

Little Rock (Ark.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

ISBN:

9780691092935