Question

describe the significance of central high school during the civil rights movement provide at lease two reasons why should students visit this historic site

Answer 1

Central High School was critical during the Civil Rights movement because it was one of the first high schools in the US where African-Americans enrolled in a previously all white high school. These students, who became known as the Little Rock 9, enrolled at Central High School for the 1957-1958 school year. This was just a couple years after the Supreme Court case, Brown vs. Board of Education, ruled that separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites are illegal.

Despite this Supreme Court ruling, Central High School refused to let these students attend. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of the US, used federal troops to protect these students and to make sure they were able to attend school.

Students should visit this site because it allows them to see where, for the first time ever, the president used federal troops to escort students to school. Along with this, it represents how racially divided America was during the 1950's and allows students to see how far the US has come.