In the early 1900s, "race" was the lens through which many Americans viewed the world. It was a lens that shaped ideas about who belonged and who did not. These were years when only a few people resisted "Jim Crow" [1] laws. That resistance took many forms. In the fall of 1957, those who favored segregation [2] and those who opposed it were riveted to their TV sets, as they watched a crisis unfold in Little Rock, Arkansas. Few people expected Little Rock to become the center of a crisis over integration.
Links:
[1] http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/
[2] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/explore/exhibit/stories/little-rock/segregation-defined
[3] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/explore/exhibit/stories/little-rock/introduction
[4] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/explore/exhibit/stories/little-rock/words
[5] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/explore/exhibit/stories/little-rock/next
[6] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/explore/exhibit/stories/little-rock/choices
[7] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/explore/exhibit/stories/little-rock/timeline
[8] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/explore/exhibit/stories/little-rock/connections