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Brown V. Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in the public school system is unconstitutional -
Little Rock School Board complies with Supreme Court
The Little Rock School Board agrees to comply with the decision to integrate, but only after the Court outlines the method and time it should take to desegregate -
Black Students are Registered
The NAACP registers nine black students to integrate Little Rock Central High School: Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Thelma Mothershed and Melba Pattillo -
Orval Faubus and the Arkansas National Guard
Governor Orval Faubus calls out the Arkansas National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School -
Little Rock 9 Turned Away
The Little Rock Nine try to enter Central High School but are turned away by the National Guard under the Governors orders -
Injuction Proceedings
Judge Ronald Davies of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas begins injunction proceedings against the governor and two National Guardsmen for interfering with integration -
Thurgood Marshall & Wiley Branton
Judge Davies grants NAACP lawyers Thurgood Marshall and Wiley Branton an injunction telling Faubus to withdraw the National Guard -
Riots Outside of Central High
Little Rock police slip students into the school earlier than scheduled to bypass protesters. When crowd of more than 1,000 white protesters realizes what happened, it begins rioting. The outnumbered police officers escort the Little Rock Nine out of the school -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army to Little Rock -
The Little Rock 9 Successfully Enter Central High School
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Little Rock Schools Close
Faubus signs a recently passed law allowing him to close Little Rock public senior high schools, forcing all students to study elsewhere -
Ernest Green
The oldest Little Rock Nine student, Ernest Green, is the first black student to graduate from Central High -
Faubus' Law is Overturned
A federal court rules Faubus' actions unconstitutional, forcing him to reopen the schools -
Central High School makes History
Little Rock Central High School named to the National Register of Historic Places -
Statues
Sculptures in their likenesses are dedicated on the grounds of the Arkansas state Capitol. I was at the ceremony for the unveiling of the statues and I was 8 years old
