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Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Courts decision outlawed segregation because of race and started the integration of public schools. -
Twenty seven denied admission
Twenty-seven black students attempted to register in all-white Little Rock schools, but were turned down. -
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Little Rock Nine
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NAACP
The NAACP filed a lawsuit on behalf of 33 black children denied admission to four white schools. -
Little Rock Central High School
Central High School was the location of the well known civil rights movement of the Little Rock Nine. -
Arkansas National Gaurd
Governor Orval Faubus called the Arkansas National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School. -
Governor Orval Faubus
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus fought integration from the time the school year began to the graduation of Ernest Green and he even fought it after that. -
Elizabeth Eckford
On this date, eight of the Little Rock Nine had made plans to go to Central High School together but the ninth student, Elizabeth Eckford, missed the call and went into the mob alone. -
Mobs
A mob of thousands milled around Little Rock Central High School while the nine black students went inside through a side door. -
President Eisenhower
Ike announced that he was sending 1,000 members of the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to enforce integration and protect the black students, he also federalized the 10,000-man Arkansas National Guard in an attempt to complete the integration. -
Minnie Jean Brown
Taunted by white students, Minnie Jean Brown, one of the Little Rock Nine, dumped a bowl of her chili on them in the cafeteria. In punishment, she was suspended for six days. -
Minnie Jean Brown Expeled
After more confrontations with white students, Minnie Jean Brown was suspended by the Board of Education for the rest of the school year. She then transferred to New Lincoln High School in New York City. -
School Board
The Little Rock School Board filed a request for permission to delay integration until the concept of "all deliberate speed" was defined. -
Ernest Green
Ernest Green became the first black student to graduate from Little Rock Central High School. Federal troops and city police were on hand but the event went as planned. -
Harry Lemley
Federal District Judge Harry Lemley granted the delay of integration until January, 1961. -
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis reversed the Lemley delay order. -
Supreme Court Involved
The Supreme Court ruled that Little Rock must continue with its integration plan. Governor Faubus orders Little Rock's three high schools to close. -
Reopened
Federal court declared the state's school-closing law unconstitutional. The school board announced that it would reopen the high schools in the fall.
