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| − | '''Gillam Park''' is a park located south of [[Interstate 440]] | + | '''Gillam Park''' is a park in the [[Granite Mountain neighborhood]] located south of [[Interstate 440]] on the southeastern edge of Little Rock, Arkansas. |
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| + | The 375-acre park was founded as a recreational facility for black residents during the period of Jim Crow racial segregation laws. Little Rock voters passed a revenue bond for the park in February 1949. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | John A. Kirk, "'A Study in Second-Class Citizenship': Race, Urban Development and Little Rock's Gillam Park, 1934-2004," ''Arkansas Historical Quarterly'' 64.3 (Autumn 2005): 262-286. | ||
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Revision as of 10:42, 21 January 2009
Gillam Park is a park in the Granite Mountain neighborhood located south of Interstate 440 on the southeastern edge of Little Rock, Arkansas.
The 375-acre park was founded as a recreational facility for black residents during the period of Jim Crow racial segregation laws. Little Rock voters passed a revenue bond for the park in February 1949.
References
John A. Kirk, "'A Study in Second-Class Citizenship': Race, Urban Development and Little Rock's Gillam Park, 1934-2004," Arkansas Historical Quarterly 64.3 (Autumn 2005): 262-286.
