Little Rock Central High School
| Little Rock Central High School | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
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| National Historic Site | |||
 Bill Clinton speaking outside Little Rock Central High School |
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| location | Little Rock , Pulaski County , Arkansas | ||
| Coordinates | 34 ° 44 '12 " N , 92 ° 17' 55" W | ||
| Built | 1927 | ||
| NRHP number | 77000268 | ||
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| The NRHP added | 19th August 1977 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | May 20, 1982 | ||
| Declared as NHS | November 6, 1998 | ||
The Little Rock Central High School is a high school in Little Rock , the capital of the US state of Arkansas in the United States .
history
The school was built in 1927; At that time it was considered the most expensive and one of the largest and most beautiful schools in the United States, with construction costs of 1.5 million US dollars. In 1957, the school was the scene of disputes and reports that received worldwide attention. Three years after the school desegregation was officially desegregated, nine African American students, who later became known as the Little Rock Nine , were the first African American students to attend Little Rock Central High School . In order to deny these nine students access to the building, Orval Faubus , then governor of the state , started the National Guard on the first day of school . There was also unrest due to a demonstration by over 1000 angry whites. For a few days the Guard succeeded in preventing the Little Rock Nine from attending school ; then Faubus had to withdraw the guard as a result of a court decision. In addition, Dwight D. Eisenhower ( US President from 1953 to 1961) stood against him; Eisenhower placed all Arkansas police and army units under federal command and sent troops from the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to protect black students on the way to school and in the building.
1964 turned Charles Guggenheim a documentary on the Little Rock Nine , who with the Oscar for Best Short Documentary Award ( Nine from Little Rock ) .
The LR Central High has a high reputation, it is considered one of the "16 best high schools in preparing students for college" in the USA. In a 2008 ranking of the best high schools in the country by the news magazine Newsweek , Little Rock Central High School came in 36th. The National Fed Challenge was won by LRCHS students in 2007 and 2008.
National Historic Landmark
On August 19, 1977, the school was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Little Rock Central High School was declared a National Historic Landmark on May 20, 1982 because of its historical significance as a major site during the civil rights movement in the United States around 1957 . It is one of the 16 historic sites in Arkansas. On August 16, 1996, the school became part of the Central High School Neighborhood Historic District as a Contributing Property . On November 6, 1998, the United States Congress declared Little Rock Central High School a National Historic Site , that is, an extremely historically significant site. There is also a visitor center at the school building , which shows an exhibition on the history of the school.
literature
- Laverne Bell-Tolliver: The First Twenty-Five: An Oral History of the Desegregation of Little Rock's Public Junior High Schools. University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville 2018, ISBN 978-1-68226-047-0 .
Web links
- The Little Rock Central High School website
- School history and information, Little Rock Central High School Memory Project website
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Little Rock Central High School
- The Little Rock Central High School on the website US Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Individual evidence
- ^ Crisis at Little Rock Central High School , The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
- ↑ Americas Top Public High Schools, Newsweek ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Little Rock Central High School on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2017.
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Arkansas. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2019.
- ^ Central High School Neighborhood Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2017.
- ↑ Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2017.
