 | Beyond Little Rock: The Origins and Legacies of the Central High Crisis Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Arkansas -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- Arkansas -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- Ark; Based on extensive archival work, private paper collections, and oral history, this book includes eight of John Kirk's essays, two of which have never been published before. Together, these essays locate the dramatic events of the crisis within the larger story of the African American struggle for freedom and equality in Arkansas. Examining key episodes in state history from before the New Deal to the present, Kirk covers a wide range of topics that include the historiography of the school crisis; the impact of the New Deal; early African American politics and mass mobilization; race, gender, and the civil rights movement; the role of white liberals in the struggle; and the intersections of race and city planning policy. Kirk unearths many previously neglected individuals, organizations, and episodes, and provides a thought-provoking analytical framework for understanding them. John A. Kirk is professor of United States history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Redefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940-1970, for which he won the 2003 J. G. Ragsdale Book Award. |
