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It Wasn't Little Rock, 2005

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: N7433.4 .S426 I7 2005

Scope and Contents

"'It Wasn’t Little Rock' was the response that black students in Arlington, Virginia often gave when asked about their experiences in the newly racially desegregated public schools of the 1960s. It was short-hand for we might have problems but we are not being subjected to the unspeakable hatred that was showered on black students when they integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. White students spat on, beat up, yelled insults, destroyed black student lockers, threw flaming paper wads at them in the bathrooms, and even threw lighted sticks of dynamite at and sprayed acid in the eyes of a female black student. To Arlington students, Central High in Little Rock provided the standard for what they might face when integrating their county’s formerly all white schools."--description of the hardcover edition from the artist's website

Dates

  • Publication: 2005

Conditions Governing Access

Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please e-mail qc.archives@qc.cuny.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 2.5 Linear Feet (three document cases and two flat boxes)

From the Collection: 67 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository

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