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Little Rock Nine

Little Rock Nine Nine African American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas 1957 – three years after Brown vs. Board of Education

The mob A mob of angry, white protestors attacked them as they tried to enter the school Received numerous death threats

Arkansas National Guard Arkansas governor Orval Faubus sent 270 Arkansas National Guard soldiers to block the school entrance so the African American students could not enter He openly stated that he would not allow integration

President Intervenes After three weeks, President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division “the Screaming Eagles” to protect the students and keep the peace

Ernest Green The African American students were harassed, but continued to attend In 1958, the first African American student, Ernest Green, graduated

No School At the end of the 1958 school year, Governor Faubus closed all of Little Rock’s schools rather than allow integration. Central High did not reopen until 1960.