ARKANSAS A-Z: Black students felt loss of traditions as integration began
The state recently celebrated the 65th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine's entrance into Central High School, an occasion that certainly deserves to be commemorated. But for many Black students in smaller communities, the process of desegregation, most often steered by white school boards, resulted in the dissolution of Black school districts and the loss of teachers and traditions those students had come to cherish.
Source: arkansasonline.com