earch_eacr_716 716 eacr earch yes Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) Miller, Laura A. School integration--Massive resistance movement--Arkansas--Little Rock School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock Education--Arkansas--Little Rock Public schools--Arkansas--Little Rock Students--Arkansas--Little Rock Teachers--Arkansas--Little Rock Women social reformers--Arkansas--Little Rock Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994 Entry on the organization the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC), was formed in 1958 to combat Governor Faubus' closing of Little Rock public schools following the desegregation crisis at Central High School. 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. [Little Rock, Ark.] : The Central Arkansas Library System Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2006-04-04 Articles Black-and-white photographs http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=716 1958/1963 Little Rock (Ark.) Pulaski County (Ark.) copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007 20090526 204831