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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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

After the election but before Bill Clinton had been sworn in, Greenspan flew to Little Rock, Ark., to meet the new president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

When Amanda Coulson was a child, she visited her mother at work at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026

That last-minute request meant Mother Lois had to rush over from her teaching job in North Little Rock.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals