- Collection:
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
- Title:
- Aaron v. Cooper
- Creator:
- Foster, Lynn
- Date of Original:
- 2007
- Subject:
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
African Americans--Education--United States
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States
United States. Supreme Court
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
Civil rights movements--United States
School integration--United States
School integration--Massive resistance movement
Federal-city relations
Intervention (Federal government)
Segregation in education--Arkansas--Little Rock
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) - People:
- Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994
Aaron, John--Trials, litigation, etc.
Cooper, William G.--Trials, litigation, etc. - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock, 34.74648, -92.28959
- Medium:
- articles
black-and-white photographs - Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Entry describing the court case Aaron v. Cooper, a follow-up desegregation case that laid out a course of action for implementing desegregation in public schools. This landmark case that thwarted attempts by Southern politicians, such as Orval Faubus, to stall desegregation. Includes photograph.
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=741
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007
- Contributing Institution:
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
- Rights:
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