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On September 4, 1957, nine African American students came at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, ready for class. However, the Arkansas National Guard ordered them to leave.
The Little Rock Nine were a group of African American students held by the National Guard on September 4, 1957, in Little Rock, Arkansas. This incident is widely regarded as a watershed moment in American civil rights history.
For many years, segregated educational systems for African-Americans and whites were maintained in the United States. The Supreme Court unanimously decided in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional under the US Constitution.
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus first barred the nine black students from entering the building, but later reversed his decision. Crowds of people afterward threatened them with lynching. President Eisenhower sent Army Division 101 to Arkansas, putting the Arkansas Military Guard under federal authority.
