Title
Betty Houchin Winfield, "The 1957 Little Rock Crisis as Revealed through Southern Attitudes," 1964
Date Original
1964
Description
This masters thesis deals with the desegregation crisis at Little Rock's Central High School as perceived through southern attitudes.
Biographical/Historical Note
As a result of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, Supreme Court ruling, desegregation efforts were being made across the nation. These efforts were often met with pro-segregation resistance. In the autumn of 1957, nine black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School, an all-white, racially segregated school. The 1957 Little Rock Crisis came to form a powder keg of struggling factions, as seen between integrationists and segregationists, among class divisions within the white community, between state and federal authority, as well as between the President of the United States and the Governor of Arkansas. This collective struggle, witnessed on a national and international level, played out with immediate and long-term results. Little Rock Central High School has come to be a symbol of desegregation during the Civil Rights movement, has been named a U.S. National Historic Landmark, and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Betty Houchin Winfield wrote this paper to fulfill a degree requirement for a Master of Arts in American Culture at the University of Michigan. Winfield later went on to receive her PhD at the University Of Washington School of Communication with a specialty in political communication and mass media history.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Kansas; Michigan
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.020.015
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Betty Houchin Winfield, "The 1957 Little Rock Crisis as Revealed through Southern Attitudes," SMC.020.015
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Winfield, Betty Houchin, "The 1957 Little Rock Crisis as Revealed through Southern Attitudes", Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
