To The Little Rock Nine: Thank You!

The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. On their first day of school, troops from the Arkansas National Guard would not let them enter the school and they were followed by mobs making threats to lynch. It was only after President Eisenhower intervened that the students were allowed to enter the school. The courage that it took for these nine high school students to be the first to integrate Little Rock Central High is considered to be one of the most important events of the Civil Rights Movement.