News Release

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site announces 2024 Civil Rights Educator Institute

The front grounds at Little Rock Central High School

NPS Photo

News Release Date: April 25, 2024

Contact: Brian Schwieger, 501-374-1957

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site will host a Civil Rights Educator Institute (CREI) from Monday, June 24 through Friday, June 28, 2024.

Partners for this free professional development include:
 

• Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
• Eisenhower Foundation
• Eisenhower Memorial Commission
• Humanities Kansas
• Jefferson National Parks Association
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum

The 2024 CREI is being held in conjunction with a civil rights conference commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision; the course will include presentations by historians and civil rights leaders as well as personal stories from those who lived it.


The CREI is open to educators; requests to participate in this program will be accepted until all openings are filled. Educators who attend the full CREI will receive professional development credit.


Registration link


Educators can participate in the CREI by one of three methods:

• attend all sessions virtually;
• attend in-person in Little Rock at the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum/Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site;
• or attend in-person at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum/Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, both in Kansas

The CREI is a hybrid event with in-person and virtual components at multiple sites throughout the week.


In addition to attending onsite sessions and viewing live-streamed content, CREI participants will explore strategies for effectively teaching the history of Brown v. Board of Education and the struggle for desegregation.


Lunch will be provided on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. A limited number of hotel rooms will be provided for CREI participants residing more than 50 miles from the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum/Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site.