- 1957 Black children tried to go to school at Little Rock High School (Integrated schooling)
The Governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) used the National Guard to stop this from happening
The Mayor of the City (Woodrow Mann) called on President Eisenhower to bring in Federal troops
Eventually troops from the 101st airborne were used to protect black children from going to school
The white populations of the area were mad
Little Rock Nine were a group of 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 Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas.