Remember Little Rock

Devlin, Erin Krutko (author.). Project Muse. (Added Author).

Summary: In Remember Little Rock Erin Krutko Devlin explores public memories surrounding the iconic Arkansas school desegregation crisis of 1957 and shows how these memories were vigorously contested and sometimes deployed against the cause. Delving into a wide variety of sources, from memoirs to televised docudramas, commemoration ceremonies, and the creation of Little Rock High museums, Devlin reveals how many white moderates proclaimed Little Rock a victory for civil rights and educational equality even as segregation persisted. At the same time, African American activists, students, and their families asserted their own stories in the ongoing fight for racial justice. Devlin also demonstrates that public memory directly bears on law and policy. She argues that the triumphal narrative of civil rights has been used to stall school desegregation, support tokenism, and to roll back federal court oversight of school desegregation, voter registration, and efforts to promote diversity in public institutions. Remember Little Rock examines the chasm between the rhetoric of the "post civil rights" era and the reality of enduring racial inequality. -- Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 1625342691 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1625342683
ISBN: 9781625342683 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781625342690 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1613765029
ISBN: 9781613765029
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages )
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electronic resource
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Defining successful integration -- Obscuring effective mechanisms of change -- Recasting moderation and resistance -- Displacing blame -- Resisting historical erasure -- Conclusion.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.