1957
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.
Little Rock, Arkansas, AR
African American
Civil rights movement
Education & schools
Jim Crow
Racial violence
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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.
