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1957

institutional court case discrimination

Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Crisis

Little Rock, Arkansas, AR · On map

Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Crisis
Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Crisis

Nine Black students—the Little Rock Nine—faced a state-backed blockade and mob violence when integrating Central High; federal troops were ordered to enforce Brown v. Board of Education.

African American Civil rights movement Education & schools Jim Crow Racial violence

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