Collective Memory, Commemoration and Ways of Remembering Little Rock: 50 Years After the Integration Crisis at Central High School

Collective Memory, Commemoration and Ways of Remembering Little Rock: 50 Years After the Integration Crisis at Central High School

This thesis uses the 50th Anniversary of the 1957 Integration Crisis at Central High School as a case study to explore issues of memory and remembrance. After looking at various forms of commemoration, Little Rock proves to provide key insights into the dangers of memory, as well as more effective w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daly, Caroline
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2012
Subjects:
Little Rock
Little Rock Nine
Central High School
commemoration
collective memory
integration crisis
American Studies
United States History
Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/359
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1357&context=scripps_theses
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Summary:This thesis uses the 50th Anniversary of the 1957 Integration Crisis at Central High School as a case study to explore issues of memory and remembrance. After looking at various forms of commemoration, Little Rock proves to provide key insights into the dangers of memory, as well as more effective ways of remembering.

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