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Little Rock Central High School National Historic SiteThe statues on the front of Central High School are likenesses of Greek gods and goddesses.
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Learn more about the people who made history at Little Rock Central High School.  Download a Jr. Ranger booklet and click on the links on this page for more information.

 
Summer field school participants at Central High.
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Summer Field School, 2005.

Participants in the Summer Field School program pose with Little Rock Nine member Minnijean Brown Trickey inside of Central High.

 
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Jefferson Thomas faces National Guard troops in 1957.
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Science lab at Dunbar High School, circa 1942  

Did You Know?
Dunbar High School served as the school for African American students in Little Rock prior to desegregation. Today, it is a magnet middle school and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

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