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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
Photos & Multimedia

photos & multimedia includes:

Photo Gallery
 
 
Elizabeth Eckford waits on a bus bench with her head in her hand as segregationist protestors surround her, yelling at her, September 4, 1957.
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Elizabeth Eckford waits on a bus bench as segregationist protestors surround her, September 4, 1957.

Oral History Interview Segments
Click here to view short video segments from the park's oral history collection.

 
Inside the cafeteria at Little Rock Central High School.

Click here to view a photo tour of Little Rock Central High
School.



 

 

 

 
U.S. Army troops roll into Little Rock at night, under a billboard reading
Photo by Larry Obsitnik. University of Arkansas Libraries.
Click here to view a great new website from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's Special Collections Department.  The site includes photographs and other primary sources that document the civil rights struggle in Arkansas.
 
Still photo of Mike Wallace interview with Orval Faubus, 1957. Faubus is in a suit and tie, sitting behind desk in governor's office.
Mike Wallace Interviews
Click here to view 1957 interviews with Orval Faubus and Harry Ashmore.
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Little Rock Nine site bulletin
Brochures
Click here to download brochures about various topics related to the crisis.
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Ernest Green's diploma from Central High School  

Did You Know?
In 1958 Senior Ernest Green became the first African American graduate of Central High School. Martin Luther King, Jr. attended the ceremony as a guest of the Green family. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

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