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Foster, Lynn

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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.

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Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Arkansas
  3. Brown V. Board Of Education Of Topeka
  4. Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Movements
  7. Education
  8. Federal City Relations
  9. Government
  10. Intervention (Federal Government)
  11. Law And Legislation
  12. Little Rock
  13. Massive Resistance Movement
  14. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  15. School Integration
  16. Segregation
  17. Segregation In Education
  18. Southern States
  19. United States
  20. United States. Supreme Court

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