On the morning of September 23, 1957, nine African-American teenagers stood up to an angry crowd protesting integration in front of Little Rock's Central High as they entered the school for the first time. This event, broadcast around the world, made Little Rock the site of the first important test of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision.
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Civil Rights Museum across the street from Central High.
Civil Rights Museum across the street from Central High.
Central High School as it is today.
Nine benches, each engraved with one of the namesof the nine students, are in front of the school.
A statue of the nine students is in front of theCapitol in Little Rock.
Photos in the Museum.
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