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ERIC Number: EJ549850
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Jackie Robinson, President Eisenhower, and the Little Rock Crisis.
Vernon, John; And Others
Social Education, v61 n4 p218-22 Apr-May 1997
Presents background information and instructional materials for a lesson plan concerning the interaction between Jackie Robinson and President Eisenhower regarding the integration of public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. Robinson chided the President for his cautious response to violent opposition to integration. Includes a copy of the correspondence. (MJP)
Descriptors: Athletes, Black History, Civil Rights, Instructional Materials, Middle Schools, Modern History, Presidents of the United States, Public Education, Racial Discrimination, Role Models, School Desegregation, School Segregation, Secondary Education, Social Action, Social Responsibility, Social Studies, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Eisenhower (Dwight D); Little Rock School District AR; Robinson (Jackie)