• 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.

Permits

Activities that may affect park operations or the experience of park visitors require a permit. Examples of such activities include:

First Amendment Activities (Demonstrations and Distributing Literature)

Commercial Filming

Commercial Activities (Professional Photography, Commercial Bus Tours, etc.)

Click on the links below for permit applications. For more information, call 501-374-1957 or email us.

Permit Applications

Special Park Use Permit

Commercial Filming

Commercial Filming - Long Form

 

Did You Know?

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