Little Rock Central High School Visit

Mike Swift July 3, 2006 2006 Connections Instructor Compiled for PowerPoint by Debi Jensen and Mike Swift

• From 23 Jun to 15 Jul 2006, I was at Little Rock Air Force Base training 19 Air Force ROTC cadets from other universities/colleges around the nation. On 3 Jul, we went to the Little Rock Central High School and went to the visitor center (which is in an old gas station across the street from the school) and walked around the front of the school. Here are some of the photos we took of the school and the visitor center.

• Unfortunately, not all the photos turned out, so I supplemented the presentation with photos from the internet.

• I also included comments in the notes area to give the photos context • If you think they might be useful to others, feel free to send them to the other instructors.

AFROTC Cadets

Aerial View of Little Rock Central High School

Little Rock Central High School

Little Rock Central High School

Little Rock Central High School

Greek Goddess Statues

“Jedi Master” Statue

Looking Left from the Main Doors

Central Hall, Little Rock Central HS

North Entrance of Little Rock Central HS

Little Rock Central HS Visitor Center

Display Photo

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Note from Mike:

A Time of Hatred… Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, pursued by the mob outside Little Rock Central High School, September 4, 1957. Photo by Pete Harris

A Time of Reconciliation… • “Elizabeth Eckford, left, one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957, talks with Hazel Massery in front of the school in Little Rock, Ark. Monday, Sept. 22, 1997. Massery (whose name was then Hazel Bryan) was a student protestor captured in photos heckling Eckford after she was turned away from the school by the Arkansas National Guard Sept. 4, 1957.” Credit: Associated Press