Fifty years ago, conflict over integration in Little Rock captured the world's attention when nine black students walked through the doors of Central High.
Outside, angry protests raged over the desegregation attempt, forcing police to remove the students. Those days live on in the pages of history as the first major test of Brown vs. Board of Education.
And today, the Little Rock Nine returned to the campus, sharing their experiences and telling the world that the fight for equality in education is not yet finished.
September 23, Robinson Center Music Hall
Ecumenical Service
September 24, 2125 Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive
Central High School National Historic Site, official opening of new visitor center
September 24, Wally Allen Ballroom, Statehouse Convention Center
Little Rock Nine Gala
September 25, Central High
50th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony
August 10 - November 4, Arkansas Arts Center
Documenting a Not so Distant Past
August 16, 7 p.m., Darrah Center, Main Library
Who will build Arkansas? A Readers' Theater on Race Relations and Community
August 30, 10 a.m., M. L. Harris Auditorium
Philander Smith College presents Rev. Joseph Lowery
September
September 6 - September 8, Doubletree Hotel
International Symposium – “The Little Rock Crisis: A 50-year Perspective”
September 14 - September 15, UALR
"Diversity is not Enough"
conference
September 14, 9:45 a.m. Clinton Presidential Library
“Five Star Leaders: Crisis at Little Rock”
September 14 - September 30, The Rep
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre's "It Happened in Little Rock-Legacy Project"
September 15 - spring 2008, Museum of Discovery
"Little Rock's Other
High School" exhibit
September 15, Clear Channel Metroplex
1957 Sock Hop, to kick off Worldfest
September 15
Little Rock Nine 5K Run/Walk
September 16, Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall
"African American Art Songs"
September 18, 9:30 a.m., Dunbar High School
"Overshadowed: The History and Significance of Dunbar High School"
September 18, Philander Smith College
Bless the Mic Lecture Series featuring Andrew Young
September 20, Cox Creative Center
Looking Back - Looking Ahead: Commemorating 50 Years of Integration art exhibit
September 20, Mosiac Church of Central Arkansas
Town Hall Meeting - "Character and Courage"
September 21, UALR William H. Bowen School of Law
Symposium on the crisis from a perspective of the social and legal struggle
September 21, MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
"Rendezvous with Destiny: The 101st Airborne and the Central High Crisis of 1957"
September 21 - September 22, MacArthur Park
Worldfest - "The World is Watching Us! From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Celebrating Our Diversity"
September 22 - September 25, William J. Clinton Presidential Center
Emancipation Proclamation on display
September 24, Clinton School of Public Service
Distinguished Lecture Series presents former Rep. Harold Ford
September 25, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., 1207 W. 28th Street
"Daisy Bates: In Her Own Words" Book Release
September 25, 3 p.m., M. L. Harris Auditorium of Philander Smith College
"Journey to Little Rock" screening of documentary about Minnijean Brown Trickey
