Little Rock Central High School Visit

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Little Rock Central High School Visit

• Mike Swift
• July 3, 2006
• 2006 Connections Instructor

Compiled for PowerPoint by Debi Jensen and Mike
Swift
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• From 23 Jun to 15 Jul 2006, I was at Little Rock
  Air Force Base training 19 Air Force ROTC cadets
  from other universities/colleges around the
  nation.  On 3 Jul, we went to the Little Rock
  Central High School and went to the visitor
  center (which is in an old gas station across the
  street from the school) and walked around the
  front of the school. Here are some of the photos
  we took of the school and the visitor center. 
• Unfortunately, not all the photos turned out, so
  I supplemented the presentation with photos from
  the internet.
• I also included comments in the notes area to
  give the photos context
• If you think they might be useful to others, feel
  free to send them to the other instructors.

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AFROTC Cadets
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Aerial View of Little Rock Central High School
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Little Rock Central High School
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Little Rock Central High School
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Little Rock Central High School
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Greek Goddess Statues
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Jedi Master Statue
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Looking Left from the Main Doors
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Central Hall, Little Rock Central HS
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North Entrance of Little Rock Central HS
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Little Rock Central HS Visitor Center
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Display Photo
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Display Photos (cont.)
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Note from Mike
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A Time of Hatred
Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine,
pursued by the mob outside Little Rock Central
High School, September 4, 1957. Photo by Pete
Harris
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A Time of Reconciliation

• Elizabeth Eckford, left, one of the Little Rock
  Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957,
  talks with Hazel Massery in front of the school
  in Little Rock, Ark. Monday, Sept. 22, 1997.
  Massery (whose name was then Hazel Bryan) was a
  student protestor captured in photos heckling
  Eckford after she was turned away from the school
  by the Arkansas National Guard Sept. 4, 1957.
• Credit Associated Press