Surviving Shunning at Central High School: Lessons From Sybil Jordan Hampton for Social Justice Leaders

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-355
Author(s):  
Kendra Lowery ◽  
Sybil Jordan Hampton
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
African American ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Little Rock ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Central High School ◽  
The Face ◽  
Central High

Sybil Jordan Hampton’s lived experience as the only African American in her class at Little Rock (AR) Central High School from 1959 to 1962 is presented. Sybil valued assets within her family and community, exhibited critical consciousness, and had courage in the face of being shunned. Leaders who aim to interrupt inequitable outcomes in schools must recognize the assets of their students, families, and communities; exhibit critical consciousness; and be courageous. Therefore, Sybil’s leadership serves as an example of how leaders other than those in formal positions can inform the development of leaders for social justice.

Organizing Athletics

Integrated ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
African American ◽  
Athletic Programs ◽  
Black Schools ◽  
Organized Sport ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Central High School ◽  
American Schools ◽  
High School Athletic ◽  
Central High

This chapter explores how basketball became an organized sport at black schools and its historical importance. As benefactors such as Julius Rosenwald poured support into education for young black men and women, athletic programs began to grow and flourish. By the 1920s, more than fifty African American high schools in Kentucky were engaged in sports competition. In 1932 educators from the Kentucky Negro Educational Association organized the Kentucky High School Athletic League (KHSAL) to standardize rules and equalize competition. Whitney Young of Lincoln Institute and William Kean of Louisville Central High School were instrumental in organizing Kentucky's African American schools into a statewide association. The first state championship sponsored by the KHSAL was the annual boys basketball tournament.

“The Good Negroes”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damion L. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Little Rock ◽  
Central High School ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Symbolic Gestures ◽  
Central High ◽  
International Coverage

This chapter explores President Eisenhower's and President Kennedy's widespread use of symbolic gestures in the realm of civil rights—including the extensive use of African Americans as cultural ambassadors. It argues that both administrations waged an unsuccessful battle to alter international perceptions of U.S. race relations. To illustrate this point, this chapter focuses on the goodwill tours of Mal Whitfield and Rafer Johnson, both of whom were abroad touring in close proximity to the unrest in Little Rock, Arkansas, that was sparked by efforts to desegregate Central High School in 1957. By juxtaposing international coverage of Little Rock with the reception of Whitfield's and Johnson's tours, this chapter suggests that the propaganda campaigns were not able to drastically alter international perceptions of U.S. race relations.

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