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Battle of Little Rock lives on in listening
Bill Moyers recalls the 1957 crisis as Gov. Faubus mobilizes the National Guard to block integration at Central High. He notes the yearlong school closure, ongoing desegregation battles, and the shift from street to suburban resistance led by figures like John Walker. He details how funding and housing patterns sustain segregation despite legal progress.
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Little Rock
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National
National Guard
Orval Faubus
John Walker
Walker
Hope
Arkansas A & M
New York University
Yale
Arkansas
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Horace Mann