Woods, Jeff
Description
Biographical entry on Bruce Bennett, the Arkansas attorney general during the desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School who authored legislation to bypass the federal mandate and harass the NAACP.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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![[African American man, rising, after being knocked to the ground by mob at Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/10ca6801d41348e2e213a833a6c019fc5c621cb4.png "[African American man, rising, after being knocked to the ground by mob at Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas]")
![And having writ-- moves on-- / Baldy, 1959 Aug. 13 [i.e., 12]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/96c8b49fb452dbe937f06723e01a898e0186c420.png "And having writ-- moves on-- / Baldy, 1959 Aug. 13 [i.e., 12]")
![[African American students Jefferson Thomas (l) and Ernest Green reading newspaper relating to their efforts to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/68317f1ec6440f9ea9cbc5b35fecb1f5c79025b9.png "[African American students Jefferson Thomas (l) and Ernest Green reading newspaper relating to their efforts to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas]")