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Little Rock Central High School National Historic SiteLittle Rock Central High School under construction in 1927.
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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
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Several of the Little Rock Nine leave Central High under federal troop escort.
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Several of the Little Rock Nine leave Central under federal troop escort.
Learn more about the nine African American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.  More...
 
Women's Emergency Committee flyer.
Flyer for the Women's Emergency Committee
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Arkansas Governor Orval Fabus being interviewed by Mike Wallace in 1957.

See Mike Wallace interview Orval Faubus and Harry Ashmore in 1957 by following these links to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
Orval Faubus

Harry Ashmore
Central High School under construction in 1927  

Did You Know?
When it was built in 1927, the American Institute of Architects named Central High School, "The Most Beautiful High School in America." Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

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