Ancil M. Douthit

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.