- Collection:
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
- Title:
- Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC)
- Creator:
- Miller, Laura A.
- Date of Original:
- 1958/1963
- Subject:
- 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 - People:
- Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994
- Location:
- United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock, 34.74648, -92.28959
- Medium:
- articles
black-and-white photographs - Description:
- 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. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=716
- Rights Holder:
- copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Contributing Institution:
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
