Van Buren Desegregation

African-American students arriving at Van Buren High School during the integration of that city’s schools.

African-American students with books and a sack lunch at school

Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Media

Time Period

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

Category

Education / Educational Issues and Controversies / School Segregation and Desegregation

Type

Group

Race & Ethnicity

African American

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