USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where was Central High located?
A
Little Rock, Arkansas
B
Boulder, Colorado
C
Stonecrest, Georgia
D
Ebensburg, PA (you forgot the Cambria)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, gained national attention on September 3, 1957, when Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yes-the school is a 4-year public high school operating within the Little Rock School District. Traditionally, LRCHS has a yearly enrollment around 2, 500 students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1957, Little Rock Central High School was the epicenter of confrontation and a catalyst for change as the fundamental test for the United States to enforce African American civil rights following Brown v. Board of Education.

Detailed explanation-4: -Little Rock Central High School. Little Rock Central High School was completed in 1927 and originally was called Little Rock High School. It cost $1.5 million to build, and The New York Times declared during its construction that it was the most expensive school building ever constructed in the United States.

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