Fifty years ago, conflict over integration of Little Rock Central High School captured the attention of the world. That crisis stands as the most significant news event in Little Rock's 20th century history.
The crisis of 1957 was reported in powerful detail by the two statewide newspapers of that era -- the morning Arkansas Gazette and the afternoon Arkansas Democrat. Their pages, reflecting different news cycles but equal competitive vigor, provide an objective record of those momentous times.
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By Charlotte Tubbs
(Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007)
More than 200 people viewed an HBO documentary on Little Rock Central High School on Wednesday and discussed how to address problems identified in the film, from blighted neighborhoods to high school students who read on a third-grade level. » Read story.
A fairer world starts with self, thousands told
By Cynthia Howell (Contact), Tara M. Manthey , Charlotte Tubbs
(Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007)
Fifty years after they set a milestone in national civil rights history by desegregating Little Rock Central High School, members of the Little Rock Nine called for continued work toward racial equality Tuesday and urged individuals to take action. » Read story.
By ArkansasOnline
(Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007)
The Little Rock Nine returned Tuesday to the school they once entered under federal military escort to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of Central High desegregation. This time they were met by the cheers of hundreds of supporters, among them former President Clinton. » Read story.
Foundation fundraiser draws 1,300; scholarship winners paired with Nine as mentors
By Heather Hahn (Contact), Charlotte Tubbs
(Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007)
Former President Clinton said Monday during the Little Rock Nine Foundation Gala that many of today’s issues — from persistent inequality to terrorism — share the same problem that led to the desegregation crisis in 1957. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007)
Various road closures will be in effect today around Little Rock Central High School for events related to the 50th anniversary of its desegregation. » Read story.
This time as guests of honor at ceremony
By Charlie Frago (Contact)
(Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007)
The Little Rock Nine made the kind of trouble that changed American life for the better, said U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a civil-rights icon and the keynote speaker at Monday’s dedication ceremony for the new visitor center at the Central High School National Historic Site. » Read story.
By Seth Blomeley (Contact)
(Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007)
Ernest Green remembers that as a child he looked up at Little Rock Central High School and thought that wonderful learning must happen there. » Read story.
‘Hard work of reconciliation’ remains, minister tells crowd
By Heather Hahn (Contact), Charlotte Tubbs
(Monday, Sept. 24, 2007)
Black and white Little Rock residents prayed and sang together Sunday afternoon during an interracial and interfaith worship service that would have been unimaginable in the city 50 years ago. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Monday, Sept. 24, 2007)
Various road closures will be in effect today through Tuesday around Little Rock Central High School for events related to the 50th anniversary of its desegregation. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007)
Various road closures will be in effect today through Tuesday around Little Rock Central High School for events related to the 50th anniversary of its desegregation. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007)
Here are some events and locations of events commemorating the desegregation of Central High School. A complete schedule is available at: www.arkansasglobecoming.com TODAY "Unity in the Community" » Read story.
New exhibits explain school’s 1957 desegregation
By Charlotte Tubbs
(Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007)
At the entrance of the new Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Visitor Center exhibit area, sounds of a jeering crowd and the cadence of marching soldiers fill the air as images from the 1957 desegregation flash across three television screens. » Read story.
By Pryor Jordan
(Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007)
A group of teachers and students who were at Central High School during the school’s desegregation 50 years ago greeted each other as old friends Saturday. » Read story.
Viewers awed by proclamation
By Tara M. Manthey
(Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007)
Tom Priest Jr. felt a connection with history as he stood over a 145-year-old piece of paper Saturday at the Clinton library. » Read story.
By Charlotte Tubbs
(Friday, Sept. 21, 2007)
Society must return to the idealism that characterized the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 to address race-related problems that continue to affect education today, said a panelist during a town hall forum on race and education Thursday night. » Read story.
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