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Grant to help digitize historical segregation materials

Historically significant Arkansas documents will be available and preserved together in digital formats for the first time, thanks to a $106,908 grant University of Arkansas at Little Rock researchers obtained. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) received the award to digitize materials related to the history of segregation and integration in Arkansas’ education system. Digitizing this unique group of archival collections will provide scholars of civil rights, race, education, and law an opportunity to study the evolution of education in central Arkansas through the lens of religion, the judicial system, and contemporary students and educators. The grant is part of the 鈥淒igitizing Hidden Collections and Archives鈥� initiative sponsored by the (CLIR). CAHC’s proposal was for the 2015 award cycle. This 18-month project involves the collaboration of CAHC, the Central Arkansas Library System’s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, and the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. The partnership of a university, public library, and national park is unique, and the strength of this combined institutional partnership is multifaceted. This work will result in a rare meta-collection of materials housed in three different archives yet digitally available in a single location. Materials to be digitized include:

• The . It contains materials pertaining to Dunbar High School, Little Rock鈥檚 high school for African American students before integration. This collection originates from a joint effort of the National Dunbar Alumni Association (NDAA) and 糖心Vlog传媒LR.

• An . 聽Judge Ronald Davies requested a U.S. attorney authorize an FBI investigation after receiving information the National Guard had turned away nine African American students who had attempted to attend classes at Central High School in September 1957. 糖心Vlog传媒LR obtained the materials in 1981 through FOIA requests.

• papers. As the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas, he spoke against Gov. Orval Faubus鈥� handling of the Central High School integration crisis. Included in Brown鈥檚 papers are letters both supporting and criticizing his position.

• materials. She taught English at Central High School for more than 40 years. She also kept a journal during the integration crisis and published a book that was made into a film.

• papers. His 1958 ruling in the case Aaron v. Cooper temporarily halted the integration of Little Rock鈥檚 Central High School. His papers contain a scrapbook and correspondence detailing his role in the desegregation crisis.

• Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. The building houses material related to the 鈥淟ittle Rock Nine,鈥� the Women鈥檚 Emergency Committee, the organization of the Central High Museum prior to its affiliation with the National Park Service, and oral histories.

• The Office of Desegregation Monitoring (ODM) materials. The federal office was created as a result of a Pulaski County school desegregation case (filed Nov. 30, 1982) and was charged with monitoring and assisting efforts of three school districts to meet desegregation obligations and mandates. ODM records include documents, court filings, exhibits, correspondence, maps, school profiles, and reports concerning compliance, operations, and policies.

See a selection of representative samples here. The (CLIR) is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 笔丑辞迟辞蝉:听Top:聽The 101st Airbourne division arrives at Little Rock Central High School, 1957.聽Second: Elizabeth Eckford and L.C. Bates sit on a bench outside of Little Rock Central High School, 1957聽(Raymond Preddy Photographs, 糖心Vlog传媒LR Center for Arkansas History and Culture)