Central High School National Historic Site
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Contact Information:
2125 Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive
Little Rock, AR 72202
501-374-1957
http://www.nps.gov/chsc/
Size: 27 acres
Location: At the intersection of 14th and Park streets in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Description: The admission in 1957 of nine black students to Central High School was a critical test of the implementation of the Supreme Court's
Brown v. Board of Education decision three years earlier, and drew national and international attention.
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Operating Hours:
The visitor center is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. The park is closed on Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and New Year's Day.
History: Established on November 6, 1998.
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