/news-archive/tag/desegregation-of-central-high-school/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:35:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/04/18/racial-attitudes-conference-3/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:35:02 +0000 /news/?p=70230 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 2018 Racial Attitudes Conference will discuss race, ethnicity, and education]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity will examine Pulaski County residents鈥� views on race, ethnicity, and education during the 15th annual Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County Conference on Tuesday, April 24.聽 The conference will run from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Legends Room in the Jack Stephens Center. 鈥淭he survey is focusing on education this year in part to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock schools and, in part, because education continues to be one of the most contentious areas in city conversations about race and ethnicity,鈥� said Dr. John Kirk, director of the Anderson Institute. This year鈥檚 panel members include Dr. Corey Anderson, executive vice president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Gary Arnold, president of Little Rock Christian Academy, Dr. John Bacon, chief executive officer of eStem Public Charter Schools, Elizabeth Eckford, author and member of the Little Rock Nine who desegregated Central High School in 1957, and Dr. Anika Whitfield, public school advocate. A panel discussion will be followed by a lunch reception and book signing by Eckford, author of 鈥淭he Worst First Day: Bullied While Desegregating Central High School.鈥� Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. The results of the study on race, ethnicity, and education are based on 1,915 phone interviews with adults living in Pulaski County conducted by the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Survey Research Center between Aug. 31, 2017, and Jan. 19, 2018. The event is free and open to the public. Please register by filling out this online form. For more information, contact Tamisha Cheatham at 501-569-8932 or tmcheatham@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2017/09/29/john-kirk-little-rock-nine/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:05:53 +0000 /news/?p=68122 ... John Kirk commemorates integration of Central High School with Little Rock Nine]]> Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, signed copies of his books on African American civil rights history in Arkansas along with members of the Little Rock Nine. On Sept. 2, 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine African American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, from integrating Central High School. Kirk was invited to participate in the book signing and discussion on the integration of Central High School with five members of the Little Rock Nine on Sept. 23 as part of the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site鈥檚 participation in Arkansas Peace Week. Reliving history with members of the Little Rock Nine was both 鈥渉umbling and enlightening,鈥� Kirk said. 鈥淲hat is remarkable about the Nine is not just what they did back then in 1957 as teenagers in desegregating Central High, but what outstanding models of civil rights heroes they have continued to be ever since,鈥� Kirk said. 鈥淪till today, sixty years later, they rise to their responsibilities with incredible good humor and grace, while continuing to be steadfast and uncompromising in their ideals and in their pursuit of justice and equality.鈥� Kirk autographed copies of his books, 鈥淩edefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940-1970鈥� and 鈥淏eyond Little Rock: The Origins and Legacies of the Central High School Crisis.鈥� Members of the Little Rock Nine shared their stories with members of the public and encouraged students to continue to be strong and strive for equality. 鈥淭he most memorable and clear collective message from the Nine is that the struggle for educational equality continues today, and that they are still very much part of that ongoing struggle,鈥� Kirk said. In the upper right photo,聽Dr. John Kirk (middle) speaks with members of the Little Rock Nine, Dr. Terrence Roberts (left) and Melba Pattillo Beals (right), during a book signing at Central High School.]]>