Little Rock Central High School

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Little Rock Central High School is a historic public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, best known as the site of the 1957 desegregation crisis that became a landmark event in the American civil rights movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark
historic site
property listed on the National Register of Historic Places
public high school
architecturalStyle Art Deco
Collegiate Gothic
associatedCourtCase Cooper v. Aaron
associatedWithMovement American civil rights movement
associatedWithOrganization U.S. 101st Airborne Division
surface form: 101st Airborne Division

Arkansas National Guard
NAACP
associatedWithPerson Daisy Bates
Little Rock Nine
Orval Faubus
athleticConference Arkansas Activities Association
constructionCompleted 1927
country United States of America
dateAddedToNRHP August 19, 1974
dateDesignatedNationalHistoricLandmark May 20, 1982
dateOpened 1927
formerlyKnownAs Little Rock Central High School self-linksurface differs
surface form: Little Rock High School
governingBody Little Rock School District
surface form: Little Rock School Board
hasOnsiteFacility Little Rock Central High School self-linksurface differs
surface form: Little Rock Central High School Visitor Center
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark

U.S. National Register of Historic Places property
locatedIn Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
surface form: Little Rock

Pulaski County, Arkansas
mascot Tiger
mediaDepiction subject of numerous documentaries about school desegregation
namedAfter city of Little Rock
nearby Central High School National Historic Site Visitor Center
Magnolia Gas Station (historic site)
notableFor federal enforcement of Brown v. Board of Education
role in desegregation of public schools in the United States
NRHPReferenceNumber 74000497
numberOfFloors 4
partOf Little Rock Central High School self-linksurface differs
surface form: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
postalCode 72202
schoolColors black
old gold
schoolDistrict Little Rock School District
schoolType magnet school
significantEvent Little Rock Integration Crisis
surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

integration by the Little Rock Nine
significantYear 1957
streetAddress 1500 South Park Street
studentGrades 9–12

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Little Rock Integration Crisis location Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock Integration Crisis heritageDesignation Little Rock Central High School
this entity surface form: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Little Rock, Arkansas hasLandmark Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock Central High School formerlyKnownAs Little Rock Central High School self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Little Rock High School
Little Rock Central High School partOf Little Rock Central High School self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Little Rock Central High School hasOnsiteFacility Little Rock Central High School self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Little Rock Central High School Visitor Center
Arkansas National Guard locationOfEvent Little Rock Central High School
Elizabeth Eckford educatedAt Little Rock Central High School
Elizabeth Eckford associatedWith Little Rock Central High School
U.S. Civil Rights Trail hasPart Little Rock Central High School
this entity surface form: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park relatedTo Little Rock Central High School
this entity surface form: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Little Rock School District hasNotableSchool Little Rock Central High School
Central High School National Historic Site Visitor Center partOf Little Rock Central High School
this entity surface form: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Magnolia Gas Station (historic site) near Little Rock Central High School
subject surface form: Magnolia Gas Station
Little Rock Nine schoolIntegrated Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock Nine hasSignificantPlace Little Rock Central High School
this entity surface form: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
The Long Shadow of Little Rock mainSubject Little Rock Central High School