little rock (ark.)

Uses primary source photographs to discuss the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, including the nine African American students that successfully integrated the Arkansas school and the controversy and crisis surrounding the event. Includes a timeline and further resources.

Contains eleven essays by various scholars in which they discuss the economic, constitutional, historical, and personal aspects of the crisis that occurred in Arkansas in 1957 when Gov. Orval Faubus defied federally-mandated segregation by trying to keep nine African-American students from entering Little Rock's Central High School.

Presents the memoirs of Carlotta Walls LaNier, one of the nine students to integrate Little Rock Central High School in September, 1957, that describes the experiences and challenges she and the others faced during their years at Central.

Melba Pattillo chronicles the experiences she had after she and eight other African-American students who integrated Little Rock's Central High School.