Finding the lost year what happened when Little Rock closed its public schools? /
Gordy, Sondra Hercher.
Finding the lost year what happened when Little Rock closed its public schools? / Sondra Gordy. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xxvii, 242 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
The summer of relief turns to anxiety -- Nothing but confusion -- Where shall we go? -- Whom shall we blame? -- Enter the politicians -- Why not blame the teachers? -- The community rallies; some leaders do not.
9781610751520
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock.
Public schools--Arkansas--Little Rock.
Discrimination in education--Arkansas--Little Rock.
African Americans--Education--Arkansas--Little Rock.
African American students--Arkansas--Little Rock.
Electronic Books.
LC214 / .F563 2009
Finding the lost year what happened when Little Rock closed its public schools? / Sondra Gordy. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xxvii, 242 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
The summer of relief turns to anxiety -- Nothing but confusion -- Where shall we go? -- Whom shall we blame? -- Enter the politicians -- Why not blame the teachers? -- The community rallies; some leaders do not.
Sondra Gordy is professor of history at the University of Central Arkansas. She produced a documentary about the topic, entitled The Lost Year. A copy of the DVD can be ordered at www.thelostyear.com.
9781610751520
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock.
Public schools--Arkansas--Little Rock.
Discrimination in education--Arkansas--Little Rock.
African Americans--Education--Arkansas--Little Rock.
African American students--Arkansas--Little Rock.
Electronic Books.
LC214 / .F563 2009