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Jan 29, 2010 · The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine Black students who enrolled at formerly all‑white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957. Their attendance at the school was a ...
Nov 24, 2009 · Nine Black students enter all‑white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 25, 1957, after a federal court ordered racial integration at the school.
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Sep 25, 2020 · Sept. 4, 1957, should have been the first day of desegregated classes at Central High. But as the nine Black students walked toward the school, a crowd of angry white people chanted, “Two, four, six, eight, we ain’t gonna integrate,” and armed members of the Arkansas National Guard blocked them from entering the school.
Sep 1, 2017 · Elizabeth Eckford in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, 2007. Eckford was the first of nine black schoolchildren to make history on September 4th, 1957 ...
Oct 4, 2023 · Little Rock’s school board had voted unanimously for a plan that started with the desegregation of the high school in 1957, followed by junior high schools the next year, and elementary schools following. In September, nine Black students – collectively known as the "Little Rock Nine" – enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock.
Robin Woods, student at Central High School. September 24-25 1957. Calling the rioting “disgraceful,” President Eisenhower orders units of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock and federalizes the Arkansas National Guard. “We are now an occupied territory. Evidence of the naked force of the federal government is here ...
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Sep 14, 2023 · The Legacy of the Little Rock Nine. In early September 1957 nine Black high school students—Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls—headed to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to begin the academic year.
