school integration

A biography of the civil rights activist who led the fight to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1950s.

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.

A history of African-American education, tracing the struggles of African-Americans for equal education rights from colonial times through the late twentieth century.

Presents an account of what happened in 1957 when nine African-American students attempted to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in accordance with the Supreme Court decision that made segregation illegal.

When her FBI-agent father is transferred to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964, eleven-year-old Alice wants to be popular but also wants to reach out to the one black girl in her class in a newly-integrated school.

A fictional recreation of the 1957 integration of Little Rock's Central High School, focusing on the experiences of two girl students, one white, the other black.

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.

Recounts how President Dwight D. Eisenhower dealt with the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Traces the history of race and segregation in Boston's public schools, discussing on the court-ordered busing that occurred in 1974 to transport African-American students to predominantly white schools, and detailing the events that took place at South Boston High School.