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School Desegregation Digitization 2

KUAR | By John Kirk

Published December 4, 2018 at 12:04 PM CST

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped end school segregation in the Arkansas River Valley. With legislation looming, a number of school boards took the decision to desegregate. All had previously bused black students to Sullivan High School in Morrilton. Havana bused its two black students on a 120-mile daily round trip; Danville bused its four black students on a 108-mile daily round trip; Dardanelle bused its ten black students on a 70-mile daily round trip; Ola bused its six black students on a 70-mile daily round trip; and Atkins bused its twenty-five black students on a 28-mile daily round trip. You can find out more about school desegregation in Arkansas in a new digital exhibit hosted by the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture.