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The US Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education(1954) overturned the 'separate but equal' precedent set by a previous supreme court decision Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). In defiance of the ruling, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus blocked the entrance of the Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to prevent the integration of nine African-American students.

On September 24, 1957, soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escorted the nine students into Central High School.

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