Little Rock School Crisis Collection, 1957-1965

This collection contains printed materials collected by J. N. Heiskell, owner of the Arkansas Gazette, concerning the 1957 Little Rock School Crisis at Central High and integration in the southern states. The collection includes articles from publications: Time (of New York, New York), The Progressive (of Madison, Wisconsin), The Reporter (of New York, New York), Saturday Review (of New York, New York), Life (of New York, New York), Look (of Des Moines, Iowa), and the Saturday Evening Post (of Indanapolis, Indiana). There are also some small pamphlets, broadsides, and newsclippings. The collection provides an overview on the school crisis, Orval Faubus, and court rulings concerning integration.; This collection was originally numbered H-27 and is part of the J. N. Heiskell Historical Collection, courtesy of the Arkansas Gazette Foundation