"The "Little Rock Nine," as the nine teens came to be known, were to be the first African American students to enter Little Rock's Central High School. Three years earlier, following the Supreme Court ruling, the Little Rock school board pledged to voluntarily desegregate its schools. This idea was explosive for the community and, like much of the South, it was fraught with anger and bitterness." - "Our American Story" (National Museum of African American History and Culture)


"Central High Students Leaving Federal Court, 1957"

Image source: Encyclopedia of Arkansas