Little Rock : race and resistance at Central High School

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

Author/creator	Anderson, Karen, 1947-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Description	x, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)--History. 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. Little Rock (Ark.)--Race relations. Little Rock (Ark.)--Politics and government --20th century.

Series	Politics and society in twentieth-century America Politics and society in twentieth-century America. ^A460998
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009022870
ISBN	9780691092935 (cloth)
ISBN	0691092931 (cloth)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	LC214.23.L56 A53 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold