Book Reception: Remember Little Rock – Dr. Erin Krutko Devlin (2/21)

rlrPlease join the Department of History and American Studies to celebrate Dr. Devlin’s new book!

Reception with Refreshments

Wednesday, February 21

4:00 pm

Monroe 210

All are welcome!

Remember Little Rock explores public memories surrounding the iconic Arkansas school desegregation crisis of 1957 and shows how these memories were vigorously contested and sometimes deployed against the cause. Delving into a wide variety of sources, Erin Krutko Devlin reveals how many white moderates proclaimed Little Rock a victory for civil rights and educational equality even as segregation persisted. At the same time, African American activists, students, and their families asserted their own stories in the ongoing fight for racial justice.