Wesley Pruden

James Wesley Pruden, a Southern Baptist minister and president of the Little Rock (Pulaski County) chapter of the White Citizens’ Council during the 1957-58 school desegregation period; circa 1960.

White man in black framed glasses in shirt and tie

Courtesy of Wesley Pruden Jr.

Media

Time Period

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

Category

Education / Educational Issues and Controversies / School Segregation and Desegregation

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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