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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
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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Celebrate  Women's History Month with Book Club Event

Join our inaugural book club, "Reading & Rights" and meet a warrior of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. Click here to view the press release.

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Telegram sent by Eisenhower to Governor Orval Faubus in 1957  

Did You Know?
In 1957 President Eisenhower sent soldiers into Arkansas to enforce the federal court's order to desegregate Central High - becoming the first president since Reconstruction to use federal troops to support African American civil rights. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

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