Title: Turn Away Thy Son
Description: In September 1957, the nation was transfixed by nine black students attempting to integrate Central High School in Little Rock in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. Governor Orval Faubus had defied the city's integration plan by calling out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from entering the school. Newspapers across the nation ran front-page photographs of whites, both students and parents, screaming epithets at the quiet, well-dressed black children. President Eisenhower reluctantly deployed troops from the 101st Airborne, both outside and inside the school. Integration proceeded, but the turmoil of Little Rock had only just begun. Public schools were soon shut down for a full year. Black students endured outrageous provocation by white classmates. Governor Faubus's popularity skyrocketed, while the landmark case Cooper v. Aaron worked its way to the Supreme Court and eventually paved the way for the integration of the South. - Jacket flap.
Subjects: School integration, Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.), Education, African Americans, History, Historycentral high school (little rock, ark.), School integration--history, School integration--arkansas--little rock--history--20th century, African americans--education--history, African americans--education--arkansas--little rock--history--20th century, Lc214.23.l56 j33 2007, 379.2/630976773