The  Little  Rock  Crisis

Eisenhower and the Little Rock Crisis
In the fall of 1957 the Supreme Court ordered integration of African American students into all white schools. This site explains events in Little Rock and the crisis that occurred. The role of President Eisenhower and the Arkansas Governor with photographs and National Guard troops at Little Rock's Central High School.

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Little Rock, 1957
Events that took place in Little Rock when twelve African American students went to attend high school in Little Rock, Arkansas after the Supreme Court in 1957 ruled that African American students would attend school with white students.