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Faubus goes to court
The governor of arkansas files a case in court to appeal for the suspension of integration in arkansas school.Little Rock Nine does not get go to central HS yet. -
Faubus is defeated
Little Rock central High school is directed by the court to proceed with integration. The police are directed to keep peace.Faubus is afraid that prople may get hurt. -
101st Airborne troop arrive in little Rock
1200 soldiers / Paratroopers from the National army came to little Rock to make sure that integration proceeds. Melba's parents are visited by the president's messengers to encourage them to send melba to school. -
First Day inside central High School
Melba and the rest of the LR9 met up at an assembly point an they were escorted to the building by the soldiers.When they got inside,they were assigned abodyguard each.They went to all thir classes. -
Dynamitel
Someone threw a lit stick of dynamite into the stairwell where melba and Danny were.Melba also attended a pep rally on this day and someone tried to ckoke her. -
National Guard back in central
101st Airborne was not in Little Rock central.National Guardsmen were there.Melba was attacked with flaming wads of paper to prevent her from entering the girl's bathroom. -
Acid in the face
A boy ran up to Melba with a small bottle and spray liquid over her face.It turned out to be acid.Danny ran to her and put her face over running water to wash it away.He saved her from blindness. -
1/2 of 101 Airborne go home
Half of the soldiers of the 101st Airborne left Little Rock.