It Wasnt Little Rock
It Wasnt Little Rock
Press Collection (Library of Congress) Staff, Clarissa T. Sligh, Press Staff Visual Studies Workshop
About this book
Author describes her family's experience with racism and school integration. As a high school student, the author was named lead plaintiff in Clarissa Thompson et al. v. County School Board of Arlington County (June 1956), a school desegregation class action suit filed in U.S. District Court.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL27208155W
Subjects
ArtArtists' booksCivil rightsPersonal narrativesSchool integrationHistoryRace relationsFamilyTrials, litigationRacism in artSegregation in educationLaw and legislationDiscrimination in educationAffirmative action programs in educationAfrican AmericansEducationLegal status, lawsSpecimens