As a result of desegregation within Little Rock Central High School (1957-1958), Governor Orval Faubus closed Little Rock’s four high schools: Central High, Hall High, Little Rock Technical High, and Horace Mann.聽 Students of the four high schools lost access to free public education for the 1958-1959 school year, furthering racial tensions.聽 Below are teachers of “The Lost Year” who contributed their recollections to the UCA Archives.聽 For digitized transcripts, see our .聽 For more information about “The Lost Year,” see the .
Interviewee: Leon Adams
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: March 19, 1996
Taught: First, Second, and Third grade music
Interviewee: Howard Bell
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: March 13, 1996
Taught: Biology Teacher
Interviewee: Oliver Elders
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: February 5, 1996
Taught: Basketball Coach
Interviewee: Jo Evelyn Elston
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: March 19, 1996
Taught: First Grade Teacher
Interviewee: Gene Hall
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: April 2, 1996
Taught: Head Football Coach
Interviewee: Jo Ann Henry
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: October 25, 1995
Taught: Math Teacher
Interviewee: Elizabeth Huckaby
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: December 18, 1995
Taught: Guidance Counselor
Interviewee: Willie Johnson
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: January 11, 1996
Interviewee: Nyna Keeton
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: January 26, 1996
Taught: Career Development
Interviewee: William R. Lincoln
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: March 18, 1996
Taught: Mathematics and Photography
Interviewee: Jerome Muldrew
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: December 1, 1995
Taught: Social Studies
Interviewee: Nancy Popperfuss
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: March 9, 1996
Taught: American Literature
Interviewee: Shirley Stancil
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: February 27, 1996
Taught: Counselor
Interviewee: Betty Summerville
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: January 16, 1996
Taught: School Nurse
Interviewee: Arceal Terry
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: December 18, 1995
Taught: Typewriting
Interviewee: Rosalia Torrence
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: December 1, 1995
Taught: unknown
Interviewee: William Sonny Walker
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: April 30, 1996
Taught: English/writing/literature
Interviewee: Patricia Williams
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: March 22, 1996
Taught: High School English
Interviewee: Maud Woods
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: November 10, 1995
Taught: Math
Interviewee: Mary Ann Wright
Interviewer: Sondra Gordy
Date: March 18, 1996
Taught:聽 unknown