Miles total: 1090
We crossed the Mississippi river into Arkansas today on our way to Little Rock. We visited the National Park Service's Little Rock museum, which opened last fall (so we missed it on last year's trip). It chronicles school desegregation in Little Rock, specifically at Central High School. After touring the museum, we walked around outside of the massive Central High School, where the first 9 Black students began school in the face of an angry mob in fall 1957. The school is 7 stories and boasts over 4,000 students. Today, it is more integrated than most schools, with a Black population of slightly over 50% and a white population of slightly more than 40%.
We spent the night in the swanky Peabody and were pleased to find that RiverFest - with bands, food, and other sorts of goodies - was going on right outside by the river.
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