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Brown V. Board of Ed
This landmark court case opend up the door for the nine students to actually get to try to desgregate themselves. The unanimous result made it legal for the students to enter the building, and made it required for the people of the school to allow them in. -
First Attempt
The Little Rock Nine try for the first time to enter Little Rock Central High School, but are turned away by Governer Faubus and a large crowd of rioters. -
Meeting between Eisenhower and Faubus
Upset with Faubus' actions, Eisenhower orders him to "change-his-ways" -
Action against Faubus
Judge davies orders that Governer Faubus withdraws the National Guard units he is using to bar the students out of the school -
Help for the Nine
Eisenhower sends in the 101st airborne devision in to keep the protesters from layinng harm on the children, they prepare for the week. -
The Little Rock Nine enter the school
At this time, the students assisted by the 101st airborne soldiers finally made it into the school. They successfully trudged through the crowd, getting spit on and almost killed and tried their best to have a normal day inside the school. -
Ernest Green Graduates
The first black student to ever graduate from Little Rock Central High School finished his schooling and graduated along with his white peers.
