Beyond Little Rock

The Origins and Legacies of the Central High Crisis

• Author(s): John A. Kirk, Minnijean Brown Trickey,
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Pages: 213
• ISBN_10: 1557288518
  ISBN_13: 9781557288516
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / General , History / United States / 20th Century , Education / History , History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) , Political Science / Civil Rights , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies ,

Description:... Based on extensive archival work, private paper collections, and oral history, this book includes eight of John Kirk’s essays, two of which have never been published before. Together, these essays locate the dramatic events of the crisis within the larger story of the African American struggle for freedom and equality in Arkansas. Examining key episodes in state history from before the New Deal to the present, Kirk covers a wide range of topics that include the historiography of the school crisis; the impact of the New Deal; early African American politics and mass mobilization; race, gender, and the civil rights movement; the role of white liberals in the struggle; and the intersections of race and city planning policy. Kirk unearths many previously neglected individuals, organizations, and episodes, and provides a thought-provoking analytical framework for understanding them.