Bush signs off on commemorative civil rights coin
President Bush has signed legislation to mint a commemorative silver dollar marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
The Central High Crisis
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200 see film on Central, racial divide in LR today
More than 200 people viewed an HBO documentary on Little Rock Central High School on Wednesday and discussed how to address problems identified in the film, fr…
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Still far to go, Nine tell Central crowd
Fifty years after they set a milestone in national civil rights history by desegregating Little Rock Central High School, members of the Little Rock Nine calle…
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LR Nine back at Central for 50-year anniversary of school crisis
The Little Rock Nine returned Tuesday to the school they once entered under federal military escort to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of Central High dese…
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Clinton: LR Nine lessons left to be learned
Former President Clinton said Monday during the Little Rock Nine Foundation Gala that many of today's issues - from persistent inequality to terrorism - share …
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LR Central High events close streets; shuttle service to run
Various road closures will be in effect today around Little Rock Central High School for events related to the 50th anniversary of its desegregation.
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Once again soldiers conduct LR Nine in
The Little Rock Nine made the kind of trouble that changed American life for the better, said U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a civil-rights icon and the keynote …
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1st black to graduate Central sees some bad, some good since crisis
Ernest Green remembers that as a child he looked up at Little Rock Central High School and thought that wonderful learning must happen there.
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Worshippers hear call for unity
Black and white Little Rock residents prayed and sang together Sunday afternoon during an interracial and interfaith worship service that would have been unima…
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Central High events close roads; shuttle to run
Various road closures will be in effect today through Tuesday around Little Rock Central High School for events related to the 50th anniversary of its desegreg…
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Road closures set for Central anniversary
Various road closures will be in effect today through Tuesday around Little Rock Central High School for events related to the 50th anniversary of its desegreg…
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Central High desegregation: 50th anniversary
Here are some events and locations of events commemorating the desegregation of Central High School. A complete schedule is available at: www.arkansasglobecomi…
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Central High center lets visitors see, hear history
At the entrance of the new Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Visitor Center exhibit area, sounds of a jeering crowd and the cadence of mar…
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Teachers, students from '57 bond over memories of crisis
A group of teachers and students who were at Central High School during the school's desegregation 50 years ago greeted each other as old friends Saturday.
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Library hosting historic decree
Tom Priest Jr. felt a connection with history as he stood over a 145-year-old piece of paper Saturday at the Clinton library.