Little Rock Nine

By malone11

  • Little Rock Senior High School opens for the first time.

    Little Rock Senior High School opens for the first time.

  • Racial segregation in schools is ruled unconstitutional in Brown v. the Board of Education.

  • Governor Orval Faubus orders the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering Central High School.

    Governor Orval Faubus orders the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering Central High School.

  • Little Rock 9's first full day of classes.

  • Ernest Green is the first African American to graduate from Central High school

    Ernest Green is the first African American to graduate from Central High school

  • 4 Little Rock high schools are forced to close because of the riots against desegregation in schools.

  • Schools reopen