Little Rock Nine
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The Little Rock Nine were a
group of nine black students who enrolled at an all-white Central High School
in Little Rock, Arkansas. They enrolled in September, 1957. Their attendance at
the school was a test of Brown v. Board of Education and the people of Little
Rock failed horribly. They did not like the fact that their schools were being
integrated. September 4th 1957, was the first day of classes at
Central High School and Governor Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National
Guard to block the black students from entering the school. Later that month,
President Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the “Little Rock Nine”
into the school. The “Little Rock Nine” were consisted of nine African-American
students and they were the first African-American students to attend Central
High school. Their names are listed: Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest
Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Terrance Roberts, Jefferson
Thomas and Carlotta Walls. Eventually, Central High school was integrated
because President Eisenhower stepped in to stop the segregation within the
school.