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22 reviews 10 travel blogs 218 photos Attraction Type:
Architectural building, Educational site, Historic site
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Hamburger at 2am! So good!
... issues back in 1957 where the governor and some irate whites tried to prevent nine African American students from attending Central High School. The federal government finally intervened, sending in the army. We arrive at the house of Jake, Ben and ...
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Day 24: Walking in Memphis
... Carrie won, so I had to write this entry while she posted the pictures. Tomorrow we plan on going by Little Rock Central High School. That was the center of the controversy over desegregation. We will then make the long haul into Albany, Texas ...
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Arkansas - Our 2nd Fav State (After Maine)
... tourists and are just so happy to help in any way they can! Our next stop is another National Park - a high school! The Little Rock Central High School was the scene of some ground breaking desegregation - in the 50s they called in Federal troops to ...
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In The Footsteps of President Clinton
... with New Spain the Red River. The history of Little Rock is preserved in some of its buildings. Little Rock Central High School remains a symbol of the September, 1957 integration battles. The visitor center, across the street from the school, is ...
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Hello from Little Rock
... five beautiful children at the river front, we jumped in the car and drove to Central High School. CHS is the location of the famous Little Rock Nine. The nine brave African American teenagers who perserved through so much abuse and hatred to ...
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Valuable Practice..... and Bill Clinton!
... enjoying having several professional photographers snap away. Women's and Vietnam Memorial parks near the Capitol (free admission!!) Central High School (free admission!!) one of the most important sites of the Civil Rights Movement, right up there ...
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State Capitol
... they all begin to the look the same. Big building with a dome in the middle. Afterwards we headed to the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. This was where in 1957 nine African-American students tried to attend school, (they had been ...
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Ride to Central High School
... brochures. One brochure is "African-American Heritage in Arkansas". www.ark.ives.com. I chose to visit Little Rock Central High School after reading this brochure. It is important to the Civil Rights movement and African American History. I ...
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Beyond Central Toward Acceptance
Tour the halls of modern day Little Rock Central High School. See the students express their experience of living history through art. The school houses a rich Civil Rights history. It is huge contribution to the history of the education of African ...
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We visit Little Rock Senior High School
... typical of those at most American high schools, but historic events in the 1950s changed education at Central High School and throughout the United States. LRCHS was the focal point of the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957. Nine black ...
Central High School Map
- Central High Museum and Visitor Center
- Department of Parks and Tourism
- Arkansas State Capitol
- Mount Holly Cemetery
- Arkansas School for the Deaf Historical Museum
- Arkansas Governor's Mansion
- Sesquicentennial Sundial
- Big Maumelle River
- Old State House
- Hinderliter Tavern
- Arkansas Arts Center
- MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
- North Shore River Walk
- River Market Artspace
- Museum Of Discovery
- Little Rock Zoo
- Hearne Fine Art Gallery
- River Market District
- Riverfront Park
- Alltel Arena