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little rock
causes
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Central High School was to be the first school to be integrated, with both white and black students to attend.
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BUT, Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas was struggling to get re-elected.
In order to be re-elected, he decided to exploit the white racism present in the South.
Faubus declared it was his duty to prevent the disorder that would arise from integration - so he ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround the school and keep the black students out.
W's
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where?
Little Rock, state capital of Arkansas, upper South
why?
White schools were better and in BROWN, the Supreme Court had ruled pro-integration. Many blacks wanted integrated schools, most whites did not.
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With what result?
Slowly, Central High and other schools were integrated
significance
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At the end of the year, the eldest of the Little Rock Nine, Ernest Green, graduate with the rest of his year
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events
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The NAACP had arranged for the students to arrive together but due to a mix-up it meant that Elizabeth Eckford arrived alone
She faced the full wrath of the mob and when she reached the soldiers, thinking they would help her, they actually turned her back and forced her to go back through the mob
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