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<dc_title>Branton, Wiley Austin Sr.</dc_title>
<dc_creator>Kilpatrick, Judith</dc_creator>
<dc_subject>University of Arkansas. School of Law</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>School integration--Arkansas--Biography</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African Americans--Civil rights--Arkansas--Biography</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African American civil rights workers--Arkansas--Biography</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Civil rights workers--Arkansas--Biography</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African American lawyers--Arkansas--Biography</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African American students--Arkansas--Biography</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>National Association for the Advancement of Colored People</dc_subject>
<dc_subject_personal>Branton, Wiley Austin, 1923-</dc_subject_personal>
<dc_description>Biographical entry on Wiley Austin Branton Sr., the fifth African-American to be admitted to University of Arkansas School of Law.  As a civil rights leader, Branton helped in fights against desegregation in the University of Arkansas and the Little Rock School District.</dc_description>
<dc_description>The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.</dc_description>
<dc_publisher>[Little Rock, Ark.] : The Central Arkansas Library System</dc_publisher>
<dc_contributor>Encyclopedia of Arkansas History &amp; Culture</dc_contributor>
<dc_date>2007-02-09</dc_date>
<dc_type>Articles</dc_type>
<dc_identifier>http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&amp;entryID=1598</dc_identifier>
<dc_coverage_temporal>1923/2007</dc_coverage_temporal>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Pine Bluff (Ark.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Jefferson County (Ark.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Fayetteville (Ark.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Washington County (Ark.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<dc_rights>copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History &amp; Culture 2007</dc_rights>
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