Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools
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The Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) was an organization formed by a group of socially prominent white women in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas during the Little Rock Crisis of 1958.
The organization advocated for the integration of the public school system and was a major obstacle to Governor Orval Faubus's efforts to prevent racial integration. The women spoke out in favor of a special election to remove segregationists from the Little Rock school board.
The organization was co-founded by Adolphine Fletcher Terry, Vivion Brewer, and Velma Powell.
[edit] Books
- Breaking the Silence: The Little Rock Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, 1958–1963, by Sara Murphy, 1997, (ISBN 1-55728-456-3)
Adapted from the article Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Documentary Film: Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, by Sandra Hubbard, 1998. Morning Star Studio, 2701 Kavanaugh Boulevard, Suite 205, Little Rock, AR 72205
