Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Not Here, Not Now, Not Us 1
6. 1. Mapping Change: Little Rock Forges a Desegregation Plan 19
7. 2. “Occupied Arkansas”: Class, Gender, and the Politics of Resistance 55
8. 3. Uncivil Disobedience: The Politics of Race and Resistance at Central High School, 1957–1958 94
9. 4. The Politics of School Closure: Massive Resistance Put to the Test, 1958–1959 137
10. 5. The Politics of Fear and Gridlock 166
11. 6. Politics as Usual: Reviving the Politics of Tokenism 190
12. Conclusions: Little Rock and the Legacies of Brown v. Board of Education 228
13. Abbreviations 245
14. Notes 247
15. Index 315