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Little Rock Central High: 50 Years Later ()

directed by Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud

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Little Rock Central High: 50 Years Later - Brent Renaud; Craig Renaud
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The events that transpired at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957 not only set a key and vital precedent for civil rights in the United States, but permanently altered the sociocultural landscape of postwar America. Late that month, Governor Orval Faubus unsuccessfully attempted to block the entrance of several African American students into the school, only to meet an unstoppable tide of resistance from President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. ...

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