Date Original
1957-1961
Description
This collection contains photographs depicting people, events, and locations relating the Little Rock Crisis by United Press/United Press International. The descriptions of each photograph are the original narratives provided by United Press/United Press International.
Biographical/Historical Note
In the autumn of 1957, nine black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School, an all-white, racially segregated school. As a result of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kanas Supreme Court ruling, desegregation efforts were being made across the nation. These efforts were often met with pro-segregation resistance. 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, state and federal authority, as well as the President of the United States and the Governor of the state 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.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Little Rock, Pulaski County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000689
Resource Type
Text
Collection
United Press Telephoto Little Rock Crisis photograph collection, MS.000689
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
United Press Telephoto Little Rock Crisis photograph collection, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
