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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/little-rock-nine-ballet-racial-justice-art/"></div><p>The U.S. recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Little Rock Arkansas Central High School&#8217;s integration. The commemoration included reflections on the turbulence of the civil rights era and memorialized how Little Rock became a flashpoint in the struggle for racial equality. While many acknowledge progress in race relations, <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arkansas/articles/2017-09-24/segregation-lingers-in-us-schools-60-years-after-little-rock">data suggests</a> that decades after <em>Brown v. Board of Education</em>, public schools are still largely segregated. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/little-rock-nine-ballet-racial-justice-art/#more-5348" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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The Little Rock Nine, Ballet, and Racial Justice in Art

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/dancing-science-collaborating-vocational-activism-effective-citizenry/"></div><p>By <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/amy-m-wilkinson/">Amy M. Wilkinson</a></p>
<p>On a recent icy morning, a group of fourth-graders from Peirce Elementary International Studies School arrived at Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Environmental Sustainability to shoot a dance film. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/dancing-science-collaborating-vocational-activism-effective-citizenry/#more-3379" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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Dancing with Science: Collaborating for Vocational Activism and Effective Citizenry

Amy M. Wilkinson is a dance maker, teacher and mentor with a 20-year career in dance performance and education fields. She is an Advanced Lecturer at Loyola University Chicago and a Greenhouse Public Voices Fellow through The OpEd Project.