The school districts in Fayetteville and Charleston were the first in the Old Southern to integrate their high schools. … More Fayetteville Vote Set Integration in Motion Across South
The Judge Howard Walk is a walkway on the University of Arkansas campus running along the south side of the Maple Hill Residence Halls and Hotz Hall. As part of Washington County’s 911 response plans, walkways on the university campus that provide vehicular access to areas enclosed by buildings and other sidewalks were given names … More Judge Howard Walk
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produce short videos about the history of Fayetteville in a series called Faytteville History Minute, which airs on the government channel. This week’s history minute is about the integration of Fayetteville High School in 1954.
Susie Marshbanks Manuel, Rev. James Webb and Naomi Smith were among the Fayetteville residents who offered boarding and meals to travelers during the Jim Crow era. … More Safe Harbor During Jim Crow Era
Morgan, Gordon D. and Izola Preston. The Edge of Campus: A Journal of the Black Experience at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1990) Morgan and Preston examine the history of race relations at the University of Arkansas, primarily from the peaceful integration of the university in 1948 through the 1980s.The call … More The Edge of Campus
Adams, Julianne Lewis, and Thomas A. DeBlack, eds. Civil Obedience: An Oral History of School Desegregation in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1954–1965. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1994. This book comprises interviews with many of the students who attended Fayetteville High School when it was integrated after U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. … More Civil Obedience