In looking for documentation for a comment left on Pandagon I came across a resource that goes straight to the Dropping Knowledge linkbox.
I call it Little Rock Central High School In The News.
Forty years ago, conflict over integration of Little Rock Central High School captured the attention of the world. That crisis stands as the most significant news event in Little Rock's 20th century history.And that's not all. They republished selected articles, editorials and op-eds from those 37 days. I tell you, we've come quite a distance from the days in which Billy Graham can be called a nigger lover in a major newspaper because he spread the gospel to Blacks.The crisis of 1957 was reported in powerful detail by the two statewide newspapers of that era -- the morning Arkansas Gazette and the afternoon Arkansas Democrat. Their pages, reflecting different news cycles but equal competitive vigor, provide an objective record of those momentous times.
For 37 days in August, September and October 1997 the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette republished the front pages of both newspapers from the corresponding date 40 years ago. We offer this unprecedented window onto history as a service to our readers.
It's a fascinating window into a pivotal moment in American…and world…history.