Bitters in the Honey
Subtitle: Tales of Hope and Disappointment Across Divides of Race and Time
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781557285546
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Human rights; United States - 20th Century/50s; History - U.S.; Central High School (Little Ro; School integration; History: American; USA; Administration - General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Arkansas; United States - General; 20th century; Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.); History; Little Rock
Description: "Most Americans are familiar with the story of what happened at Little Rock's Central High School in September of 1957. Indeed, the image of Central High's massive double staircase - and of nine black teenagers climbing that staircase, clutching their schoolbooks, surrounded by National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets - has become wedded in the American consciousness to the history of the civil-rights struggle in this country."--BOOK JACKET.

"Now, drawing on oral histories, Beth Roy tells the story of Central High from a fresh angle. Her interviews with white alumni of Central High investigate the reasons behind their resistance to desegregation. The alumni, now near retirement age, tell stories of the shaping of white identities in the latter half of the twentieth century, of dissatisfaction and even anger lingering still after forty years. This treatment of the Central High crisis is unique among studies done to date.

It will help readers to better comprehend the complexity of racism, not only as it was evidenced at Central High in 1957, but as it continues to impact our lives today."--BOOK JACKET.