Scenario #1- Crisis at Central High - 1957

 

source: from the movie "Crisis at Central High"

Problem:

    It is late Fall, 1957. The members of the school board of Central High have been called on by their fellow citizens to close the school rather than "submit" to integration. A public vote will be taken at the next board meeting. That meeting is two days away.

   What should this parent say at that meeting ? 

Central Character:

   A parent of a student at Central High, and a member of the School Board of the city of Little Rock, Arkansas. They are part of the World War II generation, and a life long member of the community. The "family business", which traces its roots back over sixty years, is a lumberyard.

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