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segregationist groups organized in AR to fight school integration, which were mostly composed of white, middle and upper class people
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11 african american students went to white schools, kept secret untill Fayetteville integratedm refused to play in sports or band
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Supreme Court ruling seperate but equal, unconstitutional in public education, and caused blossom plan.
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3 weeks after Charleston schools. Schools would refuse to play in sports and band competition
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16 days after Brown v. Board formed, start with high school move to elementary, desegregate schools
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bar 9 black students from getting into the school
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fabus order guards to stay at school.
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miscommunication arrived alone and was mobbed and everything was photographed
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went through a side door to stay safe, most students went about their day without incident, white reporters were beaten for routing and integration,
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"premiere" african american high school in Little Rock
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Protests pushed back dates of opening, against desegregation of Little Rock schools.
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14 year old boy killed for whistling at a white girl, murders admit what they did and get off the hook with no punishment.
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remain all black school even while blossom plan was in effect.
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a written protest from southern members of congress in response to the Brown vs. Board of education decision to integrate schools.
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Got in a faight and dumped chili on a white girl, got expelled, yellow cards. Other kids would say "1 down, 8 to go"
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Only senior among the nine graduated without significant incident, MLK attened to honor him
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3,500 students had to find other options avoiding integration.
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"i have a dream" speech, 250,000 people attended
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all citizens be allowed to vote equally and freely.
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Party meeting in Harlem, join forces with sympathetic whites, own religious organization of afro- american unity.
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activists walked from Selma to Montgomery were gassed and beaten by law enforcement while being watched on TV.