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The U.S. Supreme Court rules racial segregation in the public schools is unconstitutional in Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. -
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half of the solidiers of the 101st airborn left little rock -
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Twenty-seven black students attempt to register in all-white Little Rock schools, but are turned down. -
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The NAACP files suit on behalf of 33 black children denied admittance to four white schools. -
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The city's public buses quietly are desegregated with no problems. -
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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis upholds Judge Miller's dismissal. -
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Federal District Judge Ronald Davies nullifies the injunction. -
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Judge Davies orders desegregation to start the next day. -
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Under escort by the Army troops, the nine black students are escorted back into Central High. -
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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis reverses the Lemley delay order. -
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The Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools is formed and asks for a special election as a way to keep the schools open. -
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Voters overwhelmingly oppose integration by a vote of 7,561 for and 129,470 against. -
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stop wins the recall election by a narrow margin and the three segregationists are replaced by moderates on the School Board. -
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Federal court declared the state's school-closing law unconstitutional. The new school board announced it would reopen the high schools in the fall. -
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All grades in Little Rock public schools are finally integrated.