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= LITTLE ROCK NINE- 1957 = Links: March On Washington NAACP founded

The Little Rock nine is one of the first schools that was integrated after Brown v. Board of Education. There were 9 African Americans that decided to go through with being the first to step through the doors of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In the beginning though there were some obstacles for the new students to go through.

**Little Rock, Arkansas - Governor Orval Faubus (1955-1967)** When Governor Faubus found out that Central High School was going to be integrated, he sent for Arkansas's National Guard to block the new students from entering the building. After doing that the national public changed their opinion about him. It also made the public change there view and opinion on segregation. The only good thing that happen to Governor Faubus is that because he took the stand for keeping segregation the same, it still made him popular in Arkansas.

The Students were..... -Elizabeth Eckford -Gloria Ray -Thelma Mothershed -Ernest Green -Terrance Roberts -Jefferson Thomas -Carlotta Walls -Melba Patillo

-Minnijean Brown
Other Pages connected to Little Rock:

Cause and Effect Brown v. Board of Education Students National Guard and Video

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