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Women’s Emergency Committee memo, pages 1-5

Women’s Emergency Committee memo, pages 1-5 Women's Emergency Committee memo, page 1 Image 1 of 5 A memo of the Women’s Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, October 1957. Little Rock School Crisis Collection, 1957-1965 (UALR.MS.0170) Date: 1957 Physical Format:…

Women’s Emergency Committee

Women’s Emergency Committee Theme: Government and Civil Society Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1957 Introduction In 1955, following Brown v. Board of Education, the Little Rock school board accepted a plan of gradual integration presented by superintendent Virgil Blossom. According to…