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Arkansas School
University of Arkansas School of Law is integrated. -
U.S. Supreme Court rules
The U.S. Supreme Court rules racial segregation in the public schools is unconstitutional in Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. -
School Board issues a policy statement
The Little Rock School Board issues a policy statement saying it will comply with the Supreme Court's decision when the Court outlines the method to be followed and the time to be allowed. -
The School Board votes
The School Board votes unanimously to adopt Superintendent Virgil Blossom's plan of gradual integration that would start in September, 1957, at the high school level and add the lower grades over the next six years. Mr. Blossom is named "Man of the Year" by the Arkansas Democrat for his work on desegregation. -
Twenty-seven black students
Twenty-seven black students attempt to register in all-white Little Rock schools, but are turned down. -
The NAACP files
The NAACP files suit on behalf of 33 black children denied admittance to four white schools. -
Federal Judge
Federal Judge John E. Miller dismisses the NAACP suit, declaring the Little Rock School Board had acted in "utmost good faith" in its integration plan. The NAACP files an appeal. -
The Eighth Circuit Court
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis upholds Judge Miller's dismissal. -
Mother's League files
A member of the Mother's League files a motion seeking a temporary injunction against school integration. Pulaski County Chancellor Murray Reed grants the injunction "on the grounds that integration could lead to violence." -
udge Ronald Davies nullifies the injunction.
Federal District Judge Ronald Davies nullifies the injunction.
