Remember Little Rock

by Erin Krutko Devlin

Book Overview

In Remember Little Rock Erin Krutko Devlin explores public memories surrounding the iconic Arkansas school desegregation crisis of 1957 and shows how these memories were vigorously contested and sometimes deployed against the cause. Delving into a wide variety of sources, from memoirs to televised docudramas, commemoration ceremonies, and the creation of Little Rock High museums, Devlin reveals how many white moderates proclaimed Little Rock...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625342691
• ISBN13: 9781625342690
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher