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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Little Rock Central High School National Historic SiteLittle Rock Central High School under construction in 1927.
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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Oral History
Image of Central High School with text reading, Oral History Highlights, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site.

Click on the links below to watch the Little Rock Nine and others as they talk about the events of 1957-1959.

 

 

 

September 23, 1957

The Little Rock Nine Attend Classes

State and Federal Involvement

Student Interaction
Telegram sent by Eisenhower to Governor Orval Faubus in 1957  

Did You Know?
In 1957 President Eisenhower sent soldiers into Arkansas to enforce the federal court's order to desegregate Central High - becoming the first president since Reconstruction to use federal troops to support African American civil rights. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

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