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Author Anderson, Karen, 1947-

Title Little Rock : race and resistance at Central High School / Karen Anderson.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010]
©2010

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 Moore Stacks  LC214.23.L56 A53 2010    Available  ---
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
School integration.
Arkansas -- Little Rock.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History.
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
African American students.
African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Education.
School integration -- Massive resistance movement -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
School integration -- Massive resistance movement.
Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations.
Little Rock (Ark.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780691092935 cloth
0691092931 cloth