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September of 1957, 3 years after the surpreme court outlawed school segregation in 1954
Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Little Rock Arkansas is a city.
Arkansas borders Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi. Little Rock is the capital city in Arkansas.
Orval Eugene Faubus (January 7, 1910 - December 14, 1994) was the 36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of Little Rock public schools during the Little Rock Crisis,
The Governor was Orval Eugene Faubus but the year was in 1957. In 1954 the Governor of Arkansas was Francis Cherry. The incident was called the Little Rock Crisis and involved the forced desegregation of the Little Rock Public School System. Faubus used the Arkansas National Guard to stop Black Americans from entering Central High School as ordered under Brown v. Board of Education. In October of 1957 President Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard, ordered them to return to their armories and sent in the 101st Airborne Division to carry out the desegregation ordered by the Supreme Court.
September of 1957, 3 years after the surpreme court outlawed school segregation in 1954
The novel "The Lions of Little Rock" is set in Little Rock, Arkansas during the year 1958, against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and desegregation of schools.
Little Rock, AR
He sent troops to protect the students as they entered the school. Apex
A school that went through integration around 1957.
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He was the Governor of Arkansas who resisted the desegregation of the state's schools in Little Rock in the 1950s.
Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Little Rock is located on the Arkansas River.