Little Rock on Trial: Cooper v. Aaron and School Desegregation

by Tony Allan Freyer and Tony A. Freyer

Book Overview

Winner: J.G. Ragsdale Book Award
Choice Outstanding Title

Americans were riveted to their television sets in 1957, when a violent mob barred black students from entering Little Rock's Central High School and faced off against paratroopers sent by a reluctant President Eisenhower. That set off a firestorm of protest throughout the nation and ultimately led to the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Cooper v. Aaron,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615369
• ISBN13: 9780700615360
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.4"