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'Central High Crisis'

Little Rock school activists announce events for 60th anniversary of Central High crisis

The group is not affiliated with the official "Reflections of Progress" commemoration of the 60th anniversary. However, at least two of the Little Rock Nine may be joining the group for an event at 2:30 p.m. at the state Capitol in the Old Supreme Court Chamber.
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Take yourself there: Mavis Staples coming to LR for Central High performance

Gospel and R&B singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples, who has been inspiring fans with gospel-inflected freedom songs like "I'll Take You There" and "March Up Freedom's Highway" and the poignant "Oh What a Feeling" will come to Little Rock for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High.
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Preparing for 60th anniversary of Central High crisis: Questions

Big plans are being made for the 60th anniversary of the Little Rock school crisis in 1957. Preparations should include readiness to answer some uncomfortable questions about the state of schools and race relations today.

UCA commissioning opera about 1957 school crisis, with help from Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The University of Central Arkansas is working to commission an opera on the 1957 school crisis and has engaged Tania Leon as composer and Henry Louis Gates Jr. as librettist.
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The history of the sit-in movement in Little Rock

It helped desegregate LR.

Almost 50 years later, Paul McCartney reveals the Little Rock connection to "Blackbird"

On Monday, Paul McCartney played a concert in Nashville, where he told the crowd that the Central High crisis inspired him to write "Blackbird."
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