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  2. Little Rock Nine - Wikipedia

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    The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine 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 .

  3. Elizabeth Eckford - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Ann Eckford (born October 4, 1941) [1] is an American civil rights activist and 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 the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The integration came as a result of ...

  4. Cooper v. Aaron - Wikipedia

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    Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that denied the school board of Little Rock, Arkansas the right to delay racial desegregation for 30 months. [1] [1] On September 12, 1958, the Warren Court delivered a decision that held that the states are bound by the Court's decisions and ...

  5. Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash ...

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    Bates grew up in Huttig, but moved to Little Rock in 1941, where she and her husband, Lucious Christopher “L.C.” Bates, started the Arkansas State Press, a newspaper devoted to the fight for ...

  6. Little Rock campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Little Rock Campaign (August 1 – September 14, 1863), officially known as Advance of the Union forces upon Little Rock, Arkansas, was a campaign conducted by the Union Army in Arkansas during the American Civil War. The offensive was designed to capture Little Rock . Union forces led by Major General Frederick Steele advanced from Helena ...

  7. Hazel Massery - Wikipedia

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    Hazel Bryan. ( 1942-01-31) January 31, 1942 (age 82) Spouse. Antoine Massery. Hazel Bryan Massery (born January 31, 1942 [1]) is an American former anti-integration activist who was a student at Little Rock Central High School during the Civil Rights Movement. [2] She was depicted in an iconic photograph taken by photojournalist Will Counts in ...

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