How 9 Teens Forced America to End School Segregation (Little Rock Nine)
In 1957, nine Black teenagers attempted to integrate Little Rock Central High School, facing armed National Guard troops, violent mobs, and daily terror. Their courage forced President Eisenhower to send federal troops and made America confront the brutal reality of segregation. This is the story of the Little Rock Nine and the year that changed civil rights forever.
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National Park Service - Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
History.com - Little Rock Nine: Central High School Integration
National Museum of African American History and Culture - The Little Rock Nine
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Little Rock Nine
Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Little Rock Nine and Elizabeth Eckford
National Archives - Executive Order 10730
Eisenhower Presidential Library - Civil Rights: Little Rock School Integration Crisis
Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute - Little Rock School Desegregation
Southern Poverty Law Center - Little Rock Nine: Decades-Long Battle for School Equity
NPR - Elizabeth and Hazel: The Legacy of Little Rock
Beals, Melba Pattillo. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High. 1994