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- Collection:
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
- Title:
- Little Rock Superintendent Reacts to Early Integration Proposal
- Publisher:
- Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1952-02-20
- Subject:
- African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas - People:
- Little, Harry A., 1930-2017
- Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letter from Little Rock School Superintendent Harry Little critiquing report from Little Rock Council on Schools.
Integration -- Desegregation -- African-Americans -- Blacks -- Little Rock (Ark.) -- Dunbar High School -- Little Rock (Ark.) Council on Schools -- Little Rock -- Pulaski
LITTLE ROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES EIGHTH AND LOUISIANA STREETS February 20, 1952 PERSONAL TOTHE BOARD Ï have read with interest the report of the Little Rock Council on Schools having to do with segregation, a copy of which I sent to you this morning. There are a lof of things in this report which are true, but there are many which have been twisted in such a way that they do not give a true picture. Some of these are: 1. The report compares the Little Rock High School and Tech High with Dunbar, as to cost and staff loads. Dunbar is both a junior high and senior high school, and in order for the figures to be accurate, the junior high school part of Dunbar would have to be separated from the senior high school. 2. There are some courses offered at Little Rock High School and Tech High which are not offered at Dunbar. There are also some courses offered at Dunbar which are nor offered at the other schools, such as bricklaying, trade laundry, Negro History, and Youth Faces its Problems. 3. In this report, no mention is made of the extra lots and extra one-half block which have been purchased for Dunbar. 4. In referring to the guidance services at Dunbar, it should be remembered that we have only 555 senior high school pupils at Dunbar, and we have not yet provided guidance service for Tech High or for any of the junior high schools. 5. The report refers to courses in aircraft repair, which have been discon- tinued because of lack of interest. This report says that there are two full-time librarians at Little Rock High School and one at Dunbar. We have one and one-half librarians at Dunbar. 6. Each school gets sane appropriation for library books ona per pupil basis. The white schools have been able to use this to better advantage in securing more books. 7. In regard to health care services, we have one full-time nurse assigned to Little Rock High School and one assigned to Dunbar, even though there are fewer pupils there. 8. The report says there are 76 1/2 courses offered in the Little Rock High School that are not offered at Dunbar. There are only 84 courses offered in all at Senior High School, so this mos me an error. The report also offers comment on music courses offered in Little Rock High School and Dunbar. We have approximately the same number of music teachers at each school. The teachers at Dunbar might well offer the same courses as those at Little Rock High School, if they would work at the job and if they were qualified. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/1459
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:1459/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
- Rights:
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