March 25, 1997

Little Rock High School Integration

Ms. Beals talked about her unique perspective on the civil rights movement as one of the first African-American students at Central High… read more

Ms. Beals talked about her unique perspective on the civil rights movement as one of the first African-American students at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. This was part of the Majic Bus tour that took high school students on a tour of significant sites of the civil rights movement in the United States. Ms. Beals said that hatred toward other races was no solution to societal problems and said that white and black people enabled her to enroll in Central High School. Students asked questions follwing her remarks. close

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Melba Pattillo Beals Member Little Rock Nine
Douglas "Doug" Brinkley Director University of New Orleans->Eisenhower Center

T.J. Wheeler Musician

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C-SPAN | Majic Bus Civil Rights TourC-SPAN | Majic Bus Civil Rights Tour

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Program ID:: 88834-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Speech
Location:: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
First Aired:: Aug 27, 1997 | 6:12pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Dec 03, 2007 | 10:57pm EST | C-SPAN 3

Airing Details

Aug 27, 1997 | 6:12pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 27, 1997 | 8:59pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 28, 1997 | 1:38am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 28, 1997 | 11:26am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Dec 25, 1997 | 8:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Dec 25, 1997 | 11:43pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Sep 19, 2001 | 6:30am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 22, 2001 | 6:30am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 22, 2001 | 8:00am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 23, 2001 | 6:30pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
May 16, 2002 | 3:30am EDT | C-SPAN 3
May 18, 2002 | 3:30pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Dec 03, 2007 | 10:57pm EST | C-SPAN 3

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