Little Rock

American  

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Arkansas, in the central part, on the Arkansas River.

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Little Rock British  

noun

1. a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River: state capital. Pop: 184 053 (2003 est)

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Little Rock Cultural  

1. Capital of Arkansas and largest city in the state.

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In 1957, federal troops were sent into Little Rock to enforce the United States Supreme Court ruling in Brown versus Board of Education against racial segregation in the public schools. Little Rock became a symbol (see also symbol) of the South's resistance to school integration.

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If any school district needed help diverting struggling children from a path that begins with school suspensions and ends in prison, it was the Little Rock School District in Arkansas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Corley, who died in 2023, said on the show that Corriveau had initially opened a “big-ass, really fine pool hall” in a former Little Rock train station depot.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Last fall, he started regularly leaving his home in Little Rock Ark., to visit his parents in Azle, Texas, for a week at a time, helping them navigate his mother’s brain and lung cancer.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

Dr. Dina Epstein, an OB-GYN in Little Rock, said she and her colleagues see cases like Waldorf’s often.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

I saw no place like that in Little Rock until Mother took my brother and me to visit the Baptist College library, where she worked.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals