The Central High Crisis

Little Rock Central High has a museum and visitor's bureau dedicated to the 1957 desegregation crisis. Find out hours of operation and more.

An article by your Guide. Read to find out more about the Little Rock Nine and the events surrounding the integration of Central High.

These are the best resources for learning more about the Little Rock Nine, Central High and the desegregation crisis of 1957.

See some photos of modern day Central High. Central High is a functioning high school even today.

Go straight to the source! Find out where to look if you want to know more about the Little Rock Nine and the desegregation of Little Rock Central from those who lived it.

There is lots of information here about desegregation of schools. The page on Central doesn't have much information, however it also has information on the cases leading up to the events.

“Scipio” an online repository of more than 2,000 pages of documents, photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, drawings, cartoons and other images. A great deal of the content focuses on Little Rock Central High School, but other information is contained as well.

The Arkansas Democrat Gazette collected articles from both papers spanning 40 years. It allows you to track the crisis and the changes in the way it was treated in the Arkansas press.

A site about the crisis's 40th Anniversary. This site offers information about the little rock nine today and then. It contains photos of the anniversary ceremony and of Central High in 1953.

Arkansas becomes the first state to honor an African American woman with her own holiday. Find out more about Daisy Gatson Bates day and see photographs from the Central High Commemorative Garden ground breaking ceremony & the bill signing.

Learn more about Melba Beals and hire to speak. The site has some information about her books, her current life and her speeches.

Learn more about the documentary "Journey To Little Rock" that was made by Minnijean Brown. You can also learn what Brown has been up to since making history at Central High.

This site offers details about Little Rock's Story and some other famous cases. It gives a timeline so users can see how one case inspired the next case and how the cases relate to one another.

This site is aimed at teaching kids to stand up for their rights. This article gives information on the Central High Events stressing the courage of the students who made it possible.

Very extensive lessons in a "Teaching with Historic Places" series. This site has information about many of the cases that made integration possible.

A student designed page with interesting facts, history and some information about how the school is used today.

This site gives a little history about the crisis and the members of the Little Rock nine who brought about one of the greatest changes in modern American history.

This site is designed for students with questions to think about, information and a section for teachers. Some great ideas for essay topics can be found here.