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Designated NHS. November 6, 1998 (#01000274) Little Rock Central High School ( LRCH) is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The school was the site of the Little Rock Crisis in 1957 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation by race in public schools was unconstitutional three years ...
The nine students greeting New York mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. in 1958. The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by ...
The Central High School Neighborhood Historic District in Little Rock, Arkansas encompasses the vicinity surrounding Little Rock Central High School. The area was designated to provide historic context to the National Historic Landmark school. Notably, it features the restored Magnolia Gas Station, which played a crucial role as a staging area ...
Carlotta Walls LaNier ( née Walls; born December 18, 1942) is the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. She was the first black female to graduate from Central High ...
Quigley Stadium is a football stadium used by Little Rock Central High School. Prior to its 1930s remodeling, the area was known as Kavanaugh Field and was the home field of the Little Rock Travelers baseball team. The stadium was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1936 and seats 15,000. At that time it was the largest stadium in the ...
Elizabeth Ann Eckford (born October 4, 1941) [ 1] is an American civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The integration came as a result of ...
Students make their way into Little Rock Central High School on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, for the first day of classes in the Little Rock School District. (Tommy Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via ...
Melba Joy Patillo. ( 1941-12-07) December 7, 1941 (age 82) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. Education. San Francisco State University ( BA) Columbia University ( MA) University of San Francisco ( EdD) Melba Joy Patillo Beals ( née Pattillo; born December 7, 1941) is an American journalist and educator who was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a ...