Little Rock Protesters

Little Rock (Pulaski County) police officers keep white protesters behind barricades; September 23, 1957.

Crowd of white policemen in uniform and white protesters in street behind a barricade

Courtesy of UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Education / Educational Issues and Controversies / Race / School Desegregation / School Segregation and Desegregation

Type

Event

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