• Front facade of Little Rock Central High School

    Little Rock Central High School

    National Historic Site Arkansas

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  • Restricted Access to Central High School

    All visitors should park and begin their visit at the National Park Service Visitor Center at 2120 West Daisy Gatson Bates Drive. Do NOT park in front of Central High School or at the Magnolia Gas Station. All school tours require advance reservations.

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Several of the Little Rock Nine leave Central High under federal troop escort.

Several of the Little Rock Nine leave Central under federal troop escort.

CHMI/UALR Archives

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

Click here to learn more about the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools. More...
 
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

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Segregationist card distributed after Minnijean Brown's expulsion

Minnijean Brown, one of the nine African American students who desegregated Central High School in 1957, was expelled in February 1958 for retaliating against repeated harassment.  Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site