Little Rock Central High School

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National Historic Landmark historic site property listed on the National Register of Historic Places public high school

Little Rock Central High School is a historic public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, best known as the site of the 1957 desegregation crisis that became a landmark event in the American civil rights movement.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Little Rock Central High School canonical	11
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site	6
Little Rock Central High School Visitor Center	1
Little Rock High School	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T170164 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Little Rock Central High School
Context triple: [Little Rock Integration Crisis, location, Little Rock Central High School]

A. McClymonds High School
McClymonds High School is a public high school in Oakland, California, best known for its strong athletic tradition and for producing legendary basketball player Bill Russell.
B. Hannibal High School
Hannibal High School is a public secondary school serving students in the city of Hannibal, Missouri.
C. Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas, known as a regional center for government, commerce, and culture.
D. Bluefield High School
Bluefield High School is a public secondary school serving students in the city of Bluefield in southern West Virginia.
E. Butler School
Butler School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Belmont, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Little Rock Central High School
Target entity description: Little Rock Central High School is a historic public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, best known as the site of the 1957 desegregation crisis that became a landmark event in the American civil rights movement.

A. McClymonds High School
McClymonds High School is a public high school in Oakland, California, best known for its strong athletic tradition and for producing legendary basketball player Bill Russell.
B. Hannibal High School
Hannibal High School is a public secondary school serving students in the city of Hannibal, Missouri.
C. Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas, known as a regional center for government, commerce, and culture.
D. Bluefield High School
Bluefield High School is a public secondary school serving students in the city of Bluefield in southern West Virginia.
E. Butler School
Butler School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Belmont, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Historic Landmark ⓘ historic site ⓘ property listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ public high school ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ Collegiate Gothic ⓘ
associatedCourtCase	Cooper v. Aaron ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	American civil rights movement ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization	101st Airborne Division ⓘ linked to: U.S. 101st Airborne Division Arkansas National Guard ⓘ NAACP ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Daisy Bates ⓘ Little Rock Nine ⓘ Orval Faubus ⓘ
athleticConference	Arkansas Activities Association ⓘ
constructionCompleted	1927 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateAddedToNRHP	August 19, 1974 ⓘ
dateDesignatedNationalHistoricLandmark	May 20, 1982 ⓘ
dateOpened	1927 ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	Little Rock High School ⓘ linked to: Little Rock Central High School
governingBody	Little Rock School Board ⓘ linked to: Little Rock School District
hasOnsiteFacility	Little Rock Central High School Visitor Center ⓘ linked to: Little Rock Central High School
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ linked to: National Historic Landmark U.S. National Register of Historic Places property ⓘ
locatedIn	Arkansas ⓘ Little Rock ⓘ linked to: Little Rock, Arkansas Pulaski County, Arkansas ⓘ
mascot	Tiger ⓘ
mediaDepiction	subject of numerous documentaries about school desegregation ⓘ
namedAfter	city of Little Rock ⓘ
nearby	Central High School National Historic Site Visitor Center ⓘ Magnolia Gas Station (historic site) ⓘ
notableFor	federal enforcement of Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ role in desegregation of public schools in the United States ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	74000497 ⓘ
numberOfFloors	4 ⓘ
partOf	Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site ⓘ linked to: Little Rock Central High School
postalCode	72202 ⓘ
schoolColors	black ⓘ old gold ⓘ
schoolDistrict	Little Rock School District ⓘ
schoolType	magnet school ⓘ
significantEvent	Little Rock school desegregation crisis ⓘ linked to: Little Rock Integration Crisis integration by the Little Rock Nine ⓘ
significantYear	1957 ⓘ
streetAddress	1500 South Park Street ⓘ
studentGrades	9–12 ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Little Rock Integration Crisis → location → Little Rock Central High School ⓘ

Little Rock Integration Crisis → heritageDesignation → Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site ⓘ