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Crisis at Central High is a 1981 made-for-television movie about the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, based on a draft of the memoir by the same name by former assistant principal Elizabeth Huckaby.
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Dec 3, 2023 · Crisis at Central High is a 1981 made-for-television movie about the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, based on a draft of the memoir by the same name by former assistant...
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Learn how nine African-American students faced violence and racism to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under federal troop escort. Explore the timeline, the key players, and the legacy of this historic event.
Feb 4, 1981 · Crisis at Central High: Directed by Lamont Johnson. With Joanne Woodward, Charles Durning, Henderson Forsythe, William Russ. Story of the federally-ordered integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
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- 1981-02-04
September 23 - An angry mob of over 1,000 whites gathers in front of Central High School, while nine African American students are escorted inside. The students enter Central High under protection of the Little Rock police and state troopers armed with riot guns and tear gas.
Jul 18, 2023 · The book Crisis at Central High, based on the events surrounding the 1957 desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock (Pulaski County), was a memoir written by school administrator Elizabeth Huckaby (1905–1999) and published in 1980.
Feb 1, 2023 · Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, created in 1998, preserves and interprets the story of the 1957 crisis at Central High School, where a conflicted community reacted in violent and ugly ways to U.S. Supreme Court-mandated desegregation.