• Front facade of Little Rock Central High School

    Little Rock Central High School

    National Historic Site Arkansas

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  • Restricted Access to Central High School

    All visitors should park and begin their visit at the National Park Service Visitor Center at 2120 West Daisy Gatson Bates Drive. Do NOT park in front of Central High School or at the Magnolia Gas Station. All school tours require advance reservations.

Park Newspaper Archive

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50th Anniversary 2007

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Did You Know?

Ernest Green's diploma from Central High School

In 1958 Senior Ernest Green became the first African American graduate of Central High School.  Martin Luther King, Jr. attended the ceremony as a guest of the Green family. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site