School superintendent Virgil Blossom planned the Little Rock Nine. The plan was initially to integrate one of Little Rock's high schools.
The Little Rock Nine were the first nine black students to attend Little Rock Central High School (Arkansas), formerly an all-white school. The Little Rock Nine is the result of the case "Brown v. Board of Education, which integrated Southern schools in the South.
They were called the Little Rock Nine because there were nine young black students, led by Elizabeth Eckford and Ernest Green, who were the first to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They endured racist taunts, death threats, insults, and anger just for the right to attend their local high school.
For their academic achievements
Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
He wasn't president then - Eisenhower was. Eisenhower did intervene.
Nine from Little Rock was created in 1964.
Eisenhower was the President in 1957 when the crisis over integration occurred at Little Rock Central High School.
The duration of Nine from Little Rock is 1200.0 seconds.
President Dwight Eisenhower and the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court were all white adults who supported the Little Rock Nine. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus was among their most vehement adversaries.
Nine from Little Rock was created in 1964.
Orval Faubus was the Governor of Arkansas during this confrontation.
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In 1957 President Dwight David Eisenhower sent federal troops (the 101st Airborne) who escorted the "Little Rock Nine" (a group of black students trying to attend Little Rock High School) btw lalithgeorge... Bill Clinton was 11 years old when the Little Rock Nine incident occurred. The person to come to the aid of the Little rockNine was likely Bill Clinton.
President Obama was very little when the Civil Rights movement was taking place, but he knows he benefited from it. When he was inaugurated as America's first black president in January 2009, he met with some members of the Little Rock Nine to express his admiration and gratitude for what they did for integration.
Yes, seven of the nine did meet the president and attended his first inauguration. Two, Melba Beals and Elizabeth Eckford, were unable to attend due to illness.
One of the most famous cases was the story of the Little Rock Nine, which took place in Little Rock, Arkansas. Governor Orval Faubus had the National Guard block nine black students from entering Central High in Little Rock because he didn't want to integrate Little Rock's schools. President Eisenhower heard of this and sent Federal Troops to protect the nine black students. The whites fought hard to keep the blacks out and today the school is 60% black. I found this information on answerquest. .