| Description |
xiii, 477 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-457) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: miscegenation and the beast -- Defining the debate: Harry Ashmore -- Massive resistance: Jim Johnson -- Paternalistic gentleman: Archie House and the establishment -- Blue-collar opposition: Amis Guthridge -- A time of panic: Virgil Blossom -- The chosen few -- The crisis breaks: Orval Faubus -- The minefield in the middle: Brooks Hays -- In search of compromise: Faubus, Hays, and Eisenhower -- Central high school, act one: Daisy Bates -- Into the cauldron: the Little Rock nine -- A crisis of leadership: Robert R. Brown and the civic elite -- Torments behind closed doors: Minnijean Brown -- The battle in the courts: Richard C. Butler -- Empty schools: Wiley Branton -- The women organize: Vivion Brewer -- Rebirth: Everett Tucker -- The new elite consensus: Gaston Williamson -- A bang and a whimper -- A note on miscegenation. |
| Subject |
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
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Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History.
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African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0743297199 alkaline paper |
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