Central High Historic Site hosts event series featuring Little Rock Nine, scholars and historians
The Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site is hosting a series of free, educational pop-up programs this month about the Little Rock Nine and the 1957 Desegregation Crisis, culminating in an anniversary commemoration with four of the Little Rock Nine. The first event, titled “Beyond 1500 Park Street,” is scheduled for Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. at the National Historic Site, 2120 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive.
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