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BlackVoices History Quest, Black History In Your Backyard: Little Rock, Arkansas Edition

Posted: 02/14/2012 4:43 pm

Today's edition of Black Voices Black History Quest is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

You can plan a trip with your family to these places with the helpful map, courtesy of MapQuest, below!

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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
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The imagery of Little Rock Central High School on Sept. 23, 1957, is some of the most striking of the civil rights era. That was the day when nine African-American teenagers entered the formerly all-white school against the backdrop of angry anti-desegregation protests led by then-Gov. Orval Faubus. The school was opened to blacks after the Brown v. Board of Education federal ruling, under President Eisenhower, called for the desegregation of public schools. Approximately 1,200 U.S. Army troops were called to the school to protect the students, including now-icons Elizabeth Eckford and Ernest Green. The school still functions as a high school, in addition to being a part of the National Parks Service. A visitor's center across the street contains a permanent exhibition about the desegregation crisis of 1957 and a gift shop. The former visitor's center, a restored Magnolia gas station across from the school that was a gathering place during the crisis, is in the process of being converted into a museum. Tours of the high school are available by reservation only. For a tour of the inside of the school, visitors should schedule at least two weeks in advance.

--Holly Quinn

Address: 1500 S. Park St., Little Rock, AR 72202
Telephone: 501-447-1400
Hours Of Operation: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Cost: Free
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Today's edition of Black Voices Black History Quest is based in Little Rock, Arkansas. You can plan a trip with your family to these places with the helpful map, courtesy of MapQuest, below! If ...
Today's edition of Black Voices Black History Quest is based in Little Rock, Arkansas. You can plan a trip with your family to these places with the helpful map, courtesy of MapQuest, below! If ...
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a good reason to make good grades and not quit school.
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