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+ | *Deborah Mathis, "Civil Rights Gains Came Slowly in Arkansas," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' July 2, 1989. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:40, 12 January 2009
Ancil M. Douthit was the city manager of Little Rock in the mid-1960s. Only days before passage of the Civil Rights Act, Douthit closed two city swimming pools in June 1964 to prevent the integration of the facilities in the city.
References
- Deborah Mathis, "Civil Rights Gains Came Slowly in Arkansas," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, July 2, 1989.