Little+Rock+Nine

Little Rock Nine Notes "Little Rock desegregation crisis." //American History//. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 5 May 2011.
 * Parents and kids tried to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
 * libraries, parks, and buses were already integrated in Little Rock
 * 50% of the students at the University of Arkansas Graduate Center were African American already.
 * Segregation ran deep into the City' s history, even though integration already started.
 * Nine African American kids entered Central High school, and the government ordered the National Guard to surround the school just in case
 * Most of the white students at that school strongly opposed the integration of the nine black students
 * The president of the NAACP walked the "Little Rock Nine" into the school through a side door
 * Mobs formed outside the school, opposing the integration of that school
 * Fearing that there would be bad violence with the nine African American kids in the high school, the NAACP president said that the only way the nine kids could go to that school was if the president of the United States provided them with protection
 * President Ike demanded that the mobs disperse, but the segregationists ignored his warning, and continued to protest
 * Thousands of federal troops with fixed bayonets surrounded that school and escorted the nine high schoolers to school
 * The troops stayed surrounding the school for two months, but the local policemen patrolled the school for the rest of that year.
 * Despite the federal protection of the nine students, they still faced harassment from the white students and segregationists