Jewish politician took on segregation
Samuel M. Levine was a Jewish politician and lawyer from Pine Bluff who took on the segregationist Legislature in an effort to desegregate Little R...
Samuel M. Levine was a Jewish politician and lawyer from Pine Bluff who took on the segregationist Legislature in an effort to desegregate Little Rock high schools, even though it meant the end of his political career. In September 1957, the Little Rock School Board enacted a tentative plan to begin desegregating Little Rock schools by placing the first Black students in the all-white Central High School. Though this plan was supported by a federal district court, it was met with a great deal of resistance by Arkansas segregationists and Gov.