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  2. Little Rock Nine - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, the United States Mint made available the Little Rock Central High School Desegregation silver dollar, a commemorative coin to "recognize and pay tribute to the strength, the determination and the courage displayed by African-American high school students in the fall of 1957." The obverse depicts students accompanied by a soldier, with ...

  3. Little Rock Central High School - Wikipedia

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    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 earlier.

  4. Hazel Massery - Wikipedia

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    On September 9, 1957, nine African-American students entered Little Rock Central High School as the school's first black students, including Elizabeth Eckford. On her way to the school, a group of white teenage girls followed Eckford, chanting "Two, four, six, eight! We don't want to integrate!" [3] One of these girls was Hazel Bryan.

  5. In honor of Black History Month, 10Best tours two ... - AOL

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    In honor of Black History Month, visit the campuses in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Topeka, Kansas, that tell the story of school desegregation.

  6. Ronald Davies (judge) - Wikipedia

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    The Little Rock School Board unanimously decided to comply with the high court's ruling and agreed to a gradual desegregation plan, which would be implemented in the 1958 school year. [5] By 1957, the NAACP had registered nine black students to attend the all-white Little Rock Central High School. Meanwhile, the "Mother's League", a ...

  7. Analysis: As Trump team overhauls government, a ... - AOL

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    Board of Education ruling, sent federal troops to Little Rock when Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus defied a court-ordered desegregation plan and tried to prevent nine Black students from entering ...

  8. Little Rock Central High School Desegregation silver dollar

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    The Little Rock Central High School Desegregation silver dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Mint in 2007. [1] The coin commemorates the desegregation of the Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957 when nine African-American students enrolled in the school in compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v.

  9. Jerry Jones was a curious kid at 14. It’s time for him to ...

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    Jones’ curiosity didn’t turn deadly at North Little Rock High School on Sept. 9, 1957 when six Black kids simply tried to enroll in school and attend classes.