Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Arkansas, United States
4.5 (1.228 reviews) Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #1 in Little Rock Historic Sites • History Museums
Iconic History
This National Park Service site encompasses the campus, but Central High is still an active high school. Visitors should park and begin their visit at the National Park Visitor Center, located diagonally across from the campus, at 2120 W. Daisy Gatson Bates Drive. Visitor entrance into the school is via free Ranger-led tours reserved in advance to guarantee participation. Interpreting the Civil Rights Movement with an emphasis on school integration, this National Historic Site focuses on the 1957 desegregation crisis that resulted when Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered National Guard troops to prevent the first African American students, the "Little Rock Nine," from entering formerly all white Little Rock Central High School, leading to federal intervention by order of President Dwight Eisenhower.
Address
1500 S Park St, Little Rock, AR 72202-5843
Mobile
Website
http://www.nps.gov/chsc
Working hours
Monday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 19:35
User Ratings
4.5 based on (1.228 reviews)
Reviews
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5bobalcorn5 5:00 PM Mar 2, 2020
A must stop in Little Rock
We attended the tour offered but the National Park Service. The tour starts at the nearby Visitors’ Center, continues across the street to the school and ends in the school auditorium. The guide was super knowledgeable, and gave a dramatic retelling of the events that took place there in 1957. Operates on school days and students are present going about their school day during the tour. Tour requires a reservation, is free and is not handicapped accessible (stairs to climb to get into the school). Very worthwhile look into a sad time in our history.
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4scottcaps 5:00 PM Jul 27, 2022
Walked around the school on a Saturday
We walked around the front of the school and visited the benches for each of the Little Rock Nine. We were there in the late afternoon on a Saturday, and no one was around, so we were able to park in the bus zone. We had intended to return to visit the National Park Service building and exhibits, but did not realize that it was closed on Sundays and Mondays.
