WEBSITES
Central High School, still in operation, became a National Historic Site in 2007.
An overview of the Little Rock Crisis includes first-hand accounts.
Biographies of each member of the Little Rock Nine.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library features several online collections pertaining to civil rights and the Little Rock Crisis. See especially the telegram to the president from the parents of the Little Rock Nine.
A mind-blowing website about the integration of the University of Mississippi, with tons of original letters, documents, and court transcripts.
More primary sources from the JFK library about the repeat performance of desegregation—this time at the University of Alabama.
MOVIE AND TV PRODUCTIONS
An Oscar-winning 1964 documentary short film profiles the Little Rock Nine members. Narrated by Niner Jefferson Thomas.
The 1981 made-for-TV movie is based on the memoir of Elizabeth Huckaby, Central's vice principal for girls.
The 1993 made-for-TV movie focuses on Central's first African-American graduate.
An award-winning 2001 documentary.
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
Mike Wallace interviews Governor Orval Faubus for ABC TV in 1957.
A May 1958 article about the Little Rock Nine from the NAACP magazine The Crisis.
Little Rock Nine member Minnijean Brown shares her memories with the Smithsonian Institution (Note: Excellent video embedded in this story that connects past and present)
On the 50th anniversary of the crisis, the 101st Airborne escorted the Little Rock Nine again, but this time it was a ceremony dedicating Little Rock High School National Historic Site.
VIDEO
President Eisenhower's televised speech on the night of September 24th, 1957.
President Bill Clinton explains why Eisenhower's Little Rock decision was the right move for the country.
The Little Rock Nine recall what the arrival of the U.S. Army meant to them.
News footage from 1957 includes interviews with white Little Rock students. (Warning: Some students use the N-word.)
Here's a series of documentary videos about the crisis in Little Rock.
AUDIO
Author David Margolick discusses his book Elizabeth and Hazel, the story of the most famous photograph of the Little Rock Crisis and its impact on the two girls at its center.
Little Rock Nine member Carlotta Walls recalls what it was like to make history at the age of 14.
IMAGES
The most famous photograph of Little Rock, by newspaper photographer Will Counts.
The press descends on Little Rock.
A sculpture at the Arkansas State Capitol remembers that fateful day.
The Army disperses protestors at bayonet-point.
Ernest Green graduates from Central High in 1958.
Governor Faubus holds up a newspaper to show the grave injustice being inflicted on the citizens of Little Rock. You'd think that bullets were flying.