2120 Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive Little Rock, AR , 72202 Website 12/31/21 Machine is gone. Still have token.
6/07/22: Verified with Park Rangers. Russ Argo
The 1957 Desegregation Crisis at Central High School.
Little Rock Central High School is recognized for the role it played in the desegregation of public schools in the United States. The nine African-American students' persistence in attending the formerly all-white Central High School was the most prominent national example of the implementation of the May 17, 1954, Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
Designs were:
1) 'Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site', High School building,
2) 'Little Rock Arkansas 1957', Soldier escorting a students into the school building,
3) 'Little Rock Nine', Image of students,
4) 'Little Rock Central High School', Lion school mascot.
Small Token for sale at counter: Design is:
1) 'Little Rock Central High School', image of school/ Rear- 'National Historic Site, Built 1927'
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