Little Rock Central High School (LRCHS) is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock,Arkansas,United States. The school was the site of forced desegregation in 1957 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation by race in public schools was unconstitutional three years earlier. This was during the period of heightened activism in the civil rights movement.
Elizabeth Ann Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine,a group of African-American students who,in 1957,were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas. The integration came as a result of the 1954 United States Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education. Eckford's public ordeal was captured by press photographers on the morning of September 4,1957,after she was prevented from entering the school by the Arkansas National Guard. A dramatic snapshot by Will Counts of the Arkansas Democrat showed the young girl being followed and threatened by an angry white mob;this and other photos of the day's startling events were circulated around the US and the world by the press.
Daisy Bates was an American civil rights activist,publisher,journalist,and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957.
Ernest Gideon Green is one of the Little Rock Nine,a group of African-American students who,in 1957,were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas. Green was the first African-American to graduate from the school in 1958. In 1999,he and the other members of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton.
Terrence James Roberts is one of the Little Rock Nine,a group of African-American students who,in 1957,were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas. In 1999,he and the other people of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton.
Jefferson Allison Thomas was one of the Little Rock Nine,a group of African-American students who,in 1957,were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas. In 1999,Thomas and the other students of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton.
Carlotta Walls LaNier is the youngest of the Little Rock Nine,a group of African-American students who,in 1957,were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas,United States. She was the first black female to graduate from Central High School. In 1999,LaNier and the rest of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton. LaNier was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2004 and the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.
Gloria Cecelia Ray Karlmark is a member of the Little Rock Nine,the nine African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas in 1957. One of the three children of Harvey C. and Julia Miller Ray,she was 15 when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School where she was barred from entering by the Arkansas National Guard,under the order of Governor Orval Faubus who opposed integration. They returned to the school weeks later protected by federal troops.
Ronald Norwood Davies was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. He is best known for his role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis in the fall of 1957. Davies ordered the desegregation of the previously all-white Little Rock Central High.
Thelma Mothershed-Wair is the eldest member of the Little Rock Nine group who attended Little Rock's Central High School following the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education court case. The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis,in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus,the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Hazel Bryan Massery was a student at Little Rock Central High School during the Civil Rights Movement. She was depicted in an iconic photograph made by photojournalist Will Counts showing her shouting at Elizabeth Eckford,one of the Little Rock Nine,during the Little Rock Crisis.
Elizabeth Paisley Huckaby was an educator.
The Daisy Bates House is a historic house at 1207 West 28th Street in Little Rock,Arkansas,USA. It is significant as the home of Arkansas NAACP president Daisy Bates,and for its use as a command post for those working to desegregate the Little Rock Central High School during the desegregation crisis of 1957–1958. It was a sanctuary for the nine students involved. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001.
The New Lincoln School was a private experimental coeducational school in New York City enrolling students from kindergarten through grade 12.
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis,in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus,the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Mary Brown Williams Ledbetter,better known as Brownie Ledbetter,was a political activist,social justice crusader and lobbyist who was involved in the civil rights,feminist,labor and environmental movements in Arkansas,United States and abroad.
Vivion Mercer Lenon Brewer was an American desegregationist,most notable for being a founding member of the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) in 1958 during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas.
School integration in the United States is the process of ending race-based segregation within American public and private schools. Racial segregation in schools existed throughout most of American history and remains an issue in contemporary education. During the Civil Rights Movement school integration became a priority,but since then de facto segregation has again become prevalent.
The Wolf Award is an accolade conferred by a non-profit organization known as The Wolf Project to individuals,organizations,and communities in recognition of their efforts to reduce racial intolerance and to improve peace and understanding. The Wolf Award,which has also come to be known as The International Wolf Award,consists of a certificate of appreciation and a sculpture of a howling wolf,presented in ceremonial fashion to the recipient.
Christopher Columbus "C.C." Mercer was an African-American attorney from Arkansas. He was one of the "six pioneers" who integrated the University of Arkansas Law School. As an attorney,he served as an NAACP field representative to advise Daisy Bates,who spearheaded the efforts of the Little Rock Nine who integrated Little Rock Central High School.
