Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB489: TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT OF A MONUMENT ON THE STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS IN RECOGNITION OF THE DESEGREGATION OF THE CHARLESTON AND FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 1954
Status: Chaptered, April 22, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to amend arkansas law concerning the placement of a monument on the state capitol grounds in recognition of the desegregation of the charleston and fayetteville school districts in 1954; and for other purposes. subtitle to amend arkansas law concerning the placement of a monument on the state capitol grounds in recognition of the desegregation of the charleston and fayetteville school districts in 1954.
From the enrolled text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT OF A MONUMENT ON THE STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS IN RECOGNITION OF THE DESEGREGATION OF THE CHARLESTON AND FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 1954; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT OF A MONUMENT ON THE STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS IN RECOGNITION OF THE DESEGREGATION OF THE CHARLESTON AND FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 1954. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. FINDINGS AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Charleston School District in Charleston, Arkansas, and Fayetteville School District in Fayetteville, Arkansas, were acknowledged as the first school districts to desegregate their schools in the former Confederate States of America; (2) Following the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, the school boards of Fayetteville and Charleston voted to integrate their schools beginning in the fall of 1954, with Fayetteville making the decision just four (4) days after the Brown v. Board of Education opinion; (3) On August 23, 1954, eleven (11) African-American students *MBM189* 03/17/2025 4:27:47 PM MBM189 SB489 attended classes in Charleston with no publicity as the school board and the superintendent persuaded the local newspaper and civic and business …