hist 301 paper presentation
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THE CRISIS OF LITTLE ROCK
THE FLASHOVER THAT IGNITED PROGRESS
TARA ROBINSONHIST 301
THESIS• THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK RESISTED INTEGRATION EVEN THOUGH ARKANSAS
WAS PREVIOUSLY COMPLIANT WITH BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA.• POLITICAL COLLUSION BETWEEN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND POLITICAL
LEADERS.• BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL MILITARY UNITS USED AS WEAPONS• ACTIVISTS AND SUPPORTERS, BOTH BLACK AND WHITE, WERE TARGETED
WITH VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE• STUDENTS WERE: HELD UNDER SCALDING WATER, SPAT ON, HISSED AT,
TARGETED BY SNOWBALLS WITH STONES, TARGETED BY HOMEMADE BOMBS, AND OTHER HARASSMENT• FRIENDS WERE: HARASSED, ISOLATED, PRANK CALLED, AND KICKED.• ACTIVISTS WERE: HARASSED, TARGETED BY BOMBS, DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS,
AND CROSS BURNINGS
WHY VIOLENCE? FEAR
• FEARFUL OF INCREASED COMPETITION FROM AND THE LOSS OF AFFECTION OF WHITE WOMEN AND GIRLS• FEARFUL OF INTEGRATION BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNIST AGENDA.
RED SCARE: ONE FEAR THAT SPARKED VIOLENCE