`Hoxie: The First Stand'; Producers: David Appleby and the University of Memphis.(Newspro)(Interview)

TelevisionWeek | January 10, 2005| | Copyright

Byline: DAISY WHITNEY

The story of the quest for racial integration in Southern schools has been well documented. But the saga of an Arkansas town called Hoxie, the third town to integrate after the pivotal Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1955, has received little ink.

That's why David Appleby, a filmmaker and a teacher at the University of Memphis, wanted to make a documentary about the Hoxie integration battle. He also was drawn to the story because it went against type.

"What interested me about this story is if you look at the Southern ...

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