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Little Rock Central High School Opens
Little Rock Central High opened in 1927 and was desgregated in 1957. -
Fayetteville Schools Desgregate
All Fayetteville Public Schools (Washington County) desgregate being 1st to do so. (Go Woodland!) -
Brown vs. Board of Education
A seperate but equal case related to the Plessy v. Ferguson case, but this case canceled the sperate but equal deal in schools. -
Blossum Plan
A court ruling that complied with the Brown vs. Board of Education deal to get rid of segregation. -
Charleston Schools Desgregate
All public schools in Charleston (Franklin County) desgregate. They are also the 2nd school system to do so. -
Last Graduation Class of Dunbar High
The last graduating class of Dunbar High after the segregation of Arkansas Public Schools. -
Emmett Till dies
Emmett Till dies after whistling at a married white women. -
Hoxie Schools Desgregate
Hoxie are the 3rd place in Arkansas to desgreate! -
Southern Manifesto
A document written that opposed racial integration in all public places. -
Horace Mann School opens
Horace Mann school opens, an all black school. -
White Citizens Council Formed
A council with about 60,000 members that oppsed racial integration. -
Expected Date of Central High Desgregation
The expected date of Little Rock Central High... just like it says. -
Fabus gives order to National Gaurd
Govener Overal Fabus gives the command to the National Gaurd to prevent the Little Rock Nine from getting into the Central High. -
Federal Judge orders desgregation on Little Rock
Federal Judge orders Fabus to desgregate but he refuses. -
Elizibeth Eckford denied
Elizibeth Eckford is denied entry to Little Rock Central High after a miscommunication and arrived late. -
Little Rock Nine escorted by Federal Troops to school
After an order given by the president the Little Rock Nine are escorted to school. -
Minnijean Brown is expeled
Minnijean Brown is expeled after dumping chiles on a white girl. -
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The Lost Year
A year were Govener Faubus ordered that the Central High school should close to prevent the Little Rock Nine from going there. What an extremist. -
Ernest Green graduates
One of the Little Rock Nine was first African American to ever graduate from school in Arkansas. -
Federal Court Declares Schools must Re-open
Fedearl Count has had its last straw with Fabus and demands that Little Rock Central Rock High must open or else. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Marchs on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. marchs on Washington and makes his "I have a dream" speech. -
President Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Acts
President John signs the Civil Rights act giving blacks all the same rights as whites, except for voting. -
Malcome X is murdered
Malcome X is murdered in a ball room after being shot by a guy with a sawed-off shotgun and then another 16 times by 2 guys with a handgun. Was proclaimed dead at 3:30 shortly after arriving at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. -
"Bloody Sunday"
A group of protesters tried to march but were intercepter on Edmund Pettus Bridge were a wall of state troopers stopped them and beat them for not going back. -
Voting Rights Act
Another Act is made which prohibited any state to deny people voting rights.
