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Little rock

Anderson, Karen

2010,2013,2014

Overview

The desegregation crisis inLittle Rockis a landmark of American history: on September 4, 1957, after the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called up the National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School, preventing black students from going in. On September 25, 1957, nine black students, escorted by federal troops, gained entrance. With grace and depth,Little Rockprovides fresh perspectives on the individuals, especially the activists and policymakers, involved in these dramatic events. Looking at a wide variety of evidence and sources, Karen Anderson examines American racial politics in relation to changes in youth culture, sexuality, gender relations, and economics, and she locates the conflicts of Little Rock within the larger political and historical context. Anderson considers how white groups at the time, including middle class women and the working class, shaped American race and class relations. She documents white women's political mobilizations and, exploring political resentments, sexual fears, and religious affiliations, illuminates the reasons behind segregationists' missteps and blunders. Anderson explains how the business elite in Little Rock retained power in the face of opposition, and identifies the moral failures of business leaders and moderates who sought the appearance of federal compliance rather than actual racial justice, leaving behind a legacy of white flight, poor urban schools, and institutional racism. Probing the conflicts of school desegregation in the mid-century South,Little Rockcasts new light on connections between social inequality and the culture wars of modern America.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: 20th Century / Accountability / Activism / African American students / African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century / African Americans / African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century / Amendment / Arkansas / Arkansas State Police / Black school / Brooks Hays / Brown v. Board of Education / Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) / Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History / Citizens' Councils / Civil Rights / Classroom / Communism / Contempt of court / Court order / Daisy Bates (civil rights activist) / Deference / Desegregation / Desegregation busing / Education / Elizabeth Eckford / Elizabeth Huckaby / Employment / Ernest Green / Harassment / HISTORY / HISTORY / United States / 20th Century / Hostility / Ideology / Injunction / Intimidation / Jefferson Thomas / Law and order (politics) / Law enforcement / Lawyer / Lee Lorch / Legislation / Legislator / Little Rock / Little Rock (Ark.) / Little Rock (Ark.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century / Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations / Little Rock Nine / Massive resistance / Massive resistance movement / Middle class / National Association for the Advancement of Colored People / Neoliberalism / New Laws / Nonviolence / Of Education / Oppression / Oral history / Orval Faubus / Persecution / Political culture / POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights / Politician / Politics / Politics and government / Prejudice / Private school / Public policy / Public sphere / Race relations / Racial hierarchy / Racial integration / Racial politics / Racial segregation / Racism / Recall election / Requirement / Resentment / Resistance movement / Rhetoric / School district / School integration / School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century / School integration -- Massive resistance movement -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century / Social conflict / Tokenism / United States / University of Arkansas at Little Rock / White flight / White people / White supremacy / Working class
• ISBN: 0691092931, 9781400832149, 9780691092935, 0691159610, 1400832144, 9780691159614