Carry the Rock : Race, Football, and the Soul of an American City /

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"In 2007, as the fiftieth anniversary of the fight to integrate Little Rock Central High School approached, veteran sportswriter and native son of Little Rock Jay Jennings returned to his hometown to take the pulse of the city and the school. He found a compelling story in Central High's f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jennings, Jay, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) > History.
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) > Football.
Race relations.
Football.
Football > Arkansas > Little Rock.
Arkansas > Little Rock.
Little Rock (Ark.) > Race relations > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : upon this rock
  • The distant goal
  • Building Central high
  • Speeches and judgements
  • " We got no ledaers"
  • Making a stand
  • Road to ruin
  • Face to face
  • Chemistry abd consequences
  • On the offensive
  • The distant goal (continued)
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgements

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