Little Rock Nine ‑ Definition, Names & Facts | HISTORY
WEBJan 29, 2010 · The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine Black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957.
Little Rock Nine - Wikipedia
WEBThe Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine | Names, Significance, Facts, & Segregation
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Little Rock Nine, group of African American high-school students who challenged racial segregation in the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas.
The Story Behind the Famous Little Rock Nine ‘Scream Image’
WEBSep 1, 2017 · It was the first day of school in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Elizabeth Eckford, also 15 and the girl Bryan was screaming at, was headed to class at Little Rock Central High School.
The Little Rock Nine | National Museum of African American …
WEBThe "Little Rock Nine," as the nine teens came to be known, were to be the first African American students to enter Little Rock's Central High School. Three years earlier, following the Supreme Court ruling, the Little Rock school …
The Little Rock Nine: Connecting 1957 to Today
WEBSep 14, 2023 · In early September 1957 nine Black high school students—Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls—headed to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to begin the academic year.
Profiles in Courage: On September 4, 1957, the Little Rock Nine …
WEBSep 3, 2020 · Several people hold signs protesting the admission of nine Black students to the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Black students who integrated the school are known as the Little Rock Nine.
The Lasting Impact of the Little Rock Nine - Biography
WEBJan 28, 2021 · On September 25, 1957, nine Black students courageously started their first full day at an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, amid an angry mob of students, pro-segregationist groups...
60 Years On, A Look Back at the Little Rock Nine - YouTube
WEB60 years ago, nine black students were escorted by federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas' Central High School to integrate the school. Ernest Green, the first African American to graduate...
The Little Rock Nine - U.S. National Park Service
WEBApr 14, 2015 · The Little Rock Nine, as they later came to be called, were the first black teenagers to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. These remarkable young African-American students challenged …