Little Rock on trial
Subtitle: Cooper v. Aaron and school desegregation
By: Tony A. Freyer.
Series: Landmark law cases & American society
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Lawrence, Kan.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780700615353; 9780700615360
Subjects: Cooper, William G. -- Trials, litigation, etc; Aaron, John -- Trials, litigation, etc; Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States; African Americans -- Civil rights
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Description: In 1957, a violent mob barred black students from entering Little Rock's Central High School and was faced off against paratroopers sent by a reluctant President Eisenhower. This book provides a summary of that historic case and shows that it paved the way for later civil rights victories. It describes the work of the Little Rock NAACP.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Little Rock NAACP decision to sue, 1954-1956; title: Aaron v. Cooper: rights at bay, 1956-1957; title: The crisis erupts, 1957; title: Cooper v. Aaron: delay won and appealed, 1957-1958; title: The Cooper v. Aaron opinions: unanimity and division, 1958; title: Protean precedent after 1958.