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Little Rock Central High School


category : Historic Schoolhouses
The site of a major test in 1957 of the Civil Rights act where nine (the Little Rock Nine) African-American students integrated the all-white school. The museum across the street depicts the struggle through exhibits and photos. This is still a working high school, one of the top schools in the state.


Address: 2125 Daisy L Gatson Bates Drive
Phone: (501) 374-1957
Our Website:www.nps.gov/chsc

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Little Rock Central High School

The site of a major test in 1957 of the Civil Rights act where nine (the Little Rock Nine) African-American students integrat...