Little Rock Nine

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The Little Rock Nine were a group of African American students who famously integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, becoming key figures in the U.S. civil rights movement.

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Little Rock Nine canonical 18
Little Rock Nine Foundation 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights movement organization ⓘ
group of students ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
cityOfSchoolIntegrated Little Rock ⓘ
commemoratedBy educational curricula on civil rights history ⓘ
monuments in Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
event Little Rock school desegregation crisis ⓘ
hasSignificantPlace Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site ⓘ
historicalSignificance catalyst for federal enforcement of civil rights in education ⓘ
symbol of resistance to school segregation ⓘ
influenced subsequent school desegregation efforts in the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Brown v. Board of Education decision ⓘ
location Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national television coverage ⓘ
front-page newspaper coverage across the United States ⓘ
member Carlotta Walls LaNier ⓘ
Elizabeth Eckford ⓘ
Ernest Green ⓘ
Gloria Ray Karlmark ⓘ
Jefferson Thomas ⓘ
Melba Pattillo Beals ⓘ
Minnijean Brown ⓘ
Terrence Roberts ⓘ
Thelma Mothershed ⓘ
memberCount 9 ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableFor desegregation of Little Rock Central High School ⓘ
school integration crisis of 1957 ⓘ
opposedBy Governor Orval Faubus ⓘ
linked to: Orval Faubus

segregationists in Arkansas ⓘ
orderedProtectionBy President Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
partOf desegregation of public schools in the United States ⓘ
protectedBy 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
federalized Arkansas National Guard ⓘ
recognizedBy Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
schoolIntegrated Little Rock Central High School ⓘ
startTime 1957 ⓘ
stateOfSchoolIntegrated Arkansas ⓘ
subjectOf books about school desegregation ⓘ
documentary films on the civil rights movement ⓘ
television dramatizations of the Little Rock crisis ⓘ
supportedBy Daisy Bates ⓘ
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ⓘ
linked to: NAACP

Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
yearOfCongressionalGoldMedal 1999 ⓘ

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Daisy Bates → hasInfluenced → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Elizabeth Eckford → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
U.S. Civil Rights Trail → commemorates → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Elizabeth Eckford → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
subject linked to: Eckford
Melba Pattillo Beals → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Ernest Green → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Gloria Ray Karlmark → member of → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Carlotta Walls LaNier → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Carlotta Walls LaNier → founded → Little Rock Nine Foundation ⓘ
linked to: Little Rock Nine
Thelma Mothershed → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Jefferson Thomas → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Terrence Roberts → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Minnijean Brown → memberOf → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Warriors Don’t Cry → mainSubject → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Warriors Don’t Cry → featuresGroup → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
Lucius Christopher Bates → supported → Little Rock Nine ⓘ
subject linked to: Lucius Christopher