Arkansas History
Arkansas' Integration History
The Brown v. Board decision in May 1954 found racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional. Though Arkansas gained national attention with the 1957 integration crisis at Little Rock Central High School, the stories of schools and districts across the state that integrated before 1957 have gone largely unheard. We want to highlight the more successful integrations, as well as the struggles faced as districts worked to meet the Supreme Court’s May 1954 ruling in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of Arkansas’ integration history.
Arkansas History Resources
- Arkansas African-American History Makers Coloring Book
- Arkansas Bar Association
- Arkansas Census (see also How to Get the Most Out of the Census)
- Arkansas Department of Heritage
- Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
- Arkansas Digital Archives
- Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN)
- Arkansas Forestry Association
- Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
- Arkansas Geological Survey
- Arkansas History Lesson Plans (2008)
- Arkansas Humanities Council
- Arkansas Museum of Discovery
- Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas first permanent settlement
- Arkansas State Parks
- The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
- The Daisy Bates House
- Daisy Bates Papers
- Delta Cultural Center
- The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
- The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center
- Historic Arkansas Museum (Formerly known as the Territorial Restoration)
- Historic Washington State Park
- History of Southwest Arkansas
- Lakeport Plantation
- Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in WW II Arkansas
- LR Central High School Visitor’s Center and Museum
- MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
- Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
- The National Park Service
- Old Independence Regional Museum
- Old State House Museum
- Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History
- Rohwer Heritage Site
- Secretary of State
- Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
- Southern Tenant Farmers Museum
- State Library
- William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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For more information, please contact:
Amber Murry Pirnique, M.Ed.
Disciplinary Literacy Program Manager
Arkansas Department of Education
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
Four Capitol Mall, Room 202-B
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-682-5764
Email: Amber.Pirnique@ade.arkansas.gov