Date of Award
5-7-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
John Kirk
Abstract
Little Rock, Arkansas, known internationally for the Central High integration crisis of 1957, once had a vibrant African-American community known as West Rock. This thesis will reveal how Little Rock Urban Renewal PROJECT ARK-4, buttressed by complex and systematically restrictive federal, state, and city laws, and under the umbrella of slum removal, removed the population of West Rock for financial reasons. It will also establish the carefully planned demise of West Rock is an important part in the study of Little Rock’s economic growth and its ethnic history and, therefore, should be placed into Arkansas’ historical record.
Recommended Citation
Tell-Hall, Nancy, "Little Rock Urban Renewal Project Ark-4: The Demise of West Rock, Arkansas, 1884 – 1960" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 930.
https://research.ualr.edu/etd/930
