Little Rock Central High School

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National Historic Landmark historic site property listed on the National Register of Historic Places public high school

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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Statements (48)

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	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 High School →
governingBody	Little Rock School Board →
hasOnsiteFacility	Little Rock Central High School Visitor Center →
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Historic Landmark → U.S. National Register of Historic Places property →
locatedIn	Arkansas → 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 National Historic Site →
postalCode	72202 →
schoolColors	black → old gold →
schoolDistrict	Little Rock School District →
schoolType	magnet school →
significantEvent	Little Rock school desegregation crisis → integration by the Little Rock Nine →
significantYear	1957 →
streetAddress	1500 South Park Street →
studentGrades	9–12 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elizabeth Eckford →	associatedWith
Elizabeth Eckford →	educatedAt
Little Rock Central High School ("Little Rock High School") →	formerlyKnownAs
Little Rock, Arkansas →	hasLandmark
Little Rock Central High School ("Little Rock Central High School Visitor Center") →	hasOnsiteFacility
U.S. Civil Rights Trail ("Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site") →	hasPart
Little Rock Integration Crisis ("Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site") →	heritageDesignation
Little Rock Integration Crisis →	location
Arkansas National Guard →	locationOfEvent
Little Rock Central High School ("Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site") →	partOf