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Turn Away Thy Son
Turn Away Thy Son
Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the Nation  
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents

Preface

INTRODUCTION
Miscegenation and the Beast

CHAPTER 1
Defining The Debate: Harry Ashmore

CHAPTER 2
Massive Resistance: Jim Johnson

CHAPTER 3
Paternalistic Gentleman: Archie House and the Establishment

CHAPTER 4
Blue-Collar Opposition: Amis Guthridge

CHAPTER 5
A Time of Panic: Virgil Blossom

INTERREGNUM
The Chosen Few

CHAPTER 6
The Crisis Breaks: Orval Faubus

CHAPTER 7
The Minefield in the Middle: Brooks Hays

CHAPTER 8
In Search of Compromise: Faubus, Hays, and Eisenhower

CHAPTER 9
Central High School, Act One: Daisy Bates

CHAPTER 10
Into the Cauldron: The Little Rock Nine

CHAPTER 11
A Crisis of Leadership: Robert R. Brown and the Civic Elite

CHAPTER 12
Torments Behind Closed Doors: Minnijean Brown

CHAPTER 13
The Battle In the Courts: Richard C. Butler

CHAPTER 14
Empty Schools: Wiley Branton

CHAPTER 15
The Women Organize: Vivion Brewer

CHAPTER 16
Rebirth: Everett Tucke

CHAPTER 17
The New Elite Consensus: Gaston Williamson

CONCLUSION
A Bang and a Whimper

AFTERWORD
A Note on Miscegenation

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index