Difference between revisions of "Central High School National Historic Site"
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| − | [[Image:Central-high-museum-2.jpg|thumb|New Park Visitor Center at Central High School. Photo by Phil Frana.]] | + | [[Image:Central-high-museum-2.jpg|thumb|300px|New Park Visitor Center at Central High School. Photo by Phil Frana.]] |
| − | [[Image:Central-high-historical-site.jpg|thumb|Mobil service station at 14th and Park Streets in Little Rock. Opened as the Central High School Museum Visitor Center in 1997. Photo by Phil Frana.]] | + | [[Image:Central-high-historical-site.jpg|thumb|300px|Mobil service station at 14th and Park Streets in Little Rock. Opened as the Central High School Museum Visitor Center in 1997. Photo by Phil Frana.]] |
| − | The '''Central High School National Historic Site''' is a visitor center commemorating the civil rights struggle of the [[Little Rock Nine]] to integrate Little Rock's [[Central High School]] in 1957. The | + | The '''Central High School National Historic Site''' is a visitor center commemorating the civil rights struggle of the [[Little Rock Nine]] to integrate Little Rock's [[Central High School]] in 1957. The center opened on the fortieth anniversary of the [[Little Rock Crisis]] in September 1997, and was originally located in a renovated Mobil gas station. In 2007 a new visitor center was dedicated. |
The center features a display entitled "All the World is Watching Us: Little Rock and the 1957 Crisis." The Central High School National Historic Site is located at 2120 Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive. | The center features a display entitled "All the World is Watching Us: Little Rock and the 1957 Crisis." The Central High School National Historic Site is located at 2120 Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive. | ||
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*[http://www.nps.gov/chsc/ Central High School National Historic Site homepage] | *[http://www.nps.gov/chsc/ Central High School National Historic Site homepage] | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 8 May 2010
The Central High School National Historic Site is a visitor center commemorating the civil rights struggle of the Little Rock Nine to integrate Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. The center opened on the fortieth anniversary of the Little Rock Crisis in September 1997, and was originally located in a renovated Mobil gas station. In 2007 a new visitor center was dedicated.
The center features a display entitled "All the World is Watching Us: Little Rock and the 1957 Crisis." The Central High School National Historic Site is located at 2120 Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive.
The site superintendent is Michael Madell.
