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President Truman Ends Jim Crow Laws But At A Cost
Harry S. Truman pressed congress to end the poll tax, enforce fair voting processes, and end Jim Crow Laws. As a result, he lost four southern states from his Democratic party in objection. -
Executive Order 9981 desegregated the armed services(First step of civil rights movement)
The first step of the civil rights movement was when the armed services were desegregated in july 26,1948 -
Supreme Court Eliminates Racial Segregation At Schools (The Beginning Of The Little Rock Nine)
The United States Supreme Court rules racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Five days later, the Little Rock School Board issues a policy statement saying it will comply with the Supreme Court’s decision. -
NAACP Forces The Little Rock School To Inrergrate
Under the direction of Pine Bluff attorney Wiley Branton, chairman of the state’s NAACP Legal Redress Committee, the NAACP petitions the Little Rock School Board for immediate integration. -
The Blossom Plan
The Little Rock School Board adopts the Blossom Plan of gradual integration beginning with the high school level (starting in September 1957) and the lower grades during the next six years. -
Gradual Integration Takes Place
Federal Judge John E. Miller dismisses the NAACP suit (Aaron v. Cooper), declaring that the Little Rock School Board has acted in “utmost good faith” in setting up its plan of gradual integration. In April, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Judge Miller’s dismissal. The federal district court retained jurisdiction over the case, however, making the School Board’s implementation of the Blossom Plan a court mandate. -
Labor Day Restrictions
Governor Orval Faubus orders the Arkansas National Guard to prohibit African American students from entering Central High School and announces his plans in a televised speech. -
The Little Rock Nine Go To School
An angry mob of over 1,000 whites gathers in front of Central High School, while nine African American students are escorted inside. The Little Rock police remove the nine children for their safety. President Eisenhower calls the rioting “disgraceful” and ordered federal troops into Little Rock. -
The 101st Airborne Division
1200 members of the 101st Airborne Division, the “Screaming Eagles” of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, roll into Little Rock. The Arkansas National Guard is placed under federal orders -
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Little Rock Nine School Process
"The Little Rock Nine" struggled through their experiences at the little rock central high school, for they were obviously discriminated for their skin color. This was the span of time before a huge event for one of the nine students of the "Little Rock Nine". -
The Little Rock Nine Go To School Pt.2
Under troop escort, the “Little Rock Nine” are escorted back into Central High School for their first full day of classes. -
The Graduation Of Ernest Green
Senior Ernest Green becomes the first African American student to graduate from Central High School. The oldest member of the Little Rock Nine graduated in 1958 -
Desegregation Plan Put On Hold
Highlighting numerous discipline problems during the school year, the school board asks the court for permission to delay the desegregation plan in Cooper v. Aaron. Judge Harry Lemley grants the delay of integration until January 1961, stating that while the African American students have a constitutional right to attend white schools, the “time has not come for them to enjoy that right.” -
The Struggle To Reopen The School
Citizens vote 19,470 to 7,561 against integration and the schools remain closed. -
The School Reopens
The school had finally reopened a month earlir than expected. -
School Board Chooses Not To Renew A Lot Of Teachers Contracts
Segregationist members of the school board vote not to renew the contracts of 44 teachers and administrators that said they supported integration. -
Stop This Outragous Purge (S.T.O.P.)
The WEC and local businessmen form Stop This Outrageous Purge (STOP) and solicit voter signatures to recall the three segregationist board members. Segregationists form the Committee to Retain Our Segregated Schools (CROSS).Weeks later,STOP wins the recall election in close victory. Three segregationists are voted off the school board and three moderate members are retained. -
In Rememberance Of The Little Rock Nine
In 1997, when President Clinton honored the Little Rock Nine on the 40th anniversary of the integration, community leaders received death threats for mentioning the topic of the crisis, which gave Little Rock a black eye for decades, said Skip Rutherford, head of Clinton's presidential foundation.The federal government designated the school a historic site, a museum was built and Central became the city's most marketed tourism site in the late 1990s.
