Ernest Green

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Ernest Green is an American civil rights figure best known as the first Black student to graduate from Little Rock Central High School, where he was one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated the previously segregated school in 1957.

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Ernest Green canonical 2

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instanceOf African-American civil rights activist ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
Spingarn Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Little Rock Central High School ⓘ
employer United States Department of Labor ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Green ⓘ
givenName Ernest ⓘ
hasRoleIn school desegregation in the United States ⓘ
honoredAs member of the Little Rock Nine receiving the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999 ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Little Rock Nine ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
name Ernest Green ⓘ
notableFor being one of the Little Rock Nine ⓘ
being the first Black student to graduate from Little Rock Central High School ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
civil rights leader ⓘ
public official ⓘ
placeOfEducation Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent Little Rock school integration crisis ⓘ
desegregation of Little Rock Central High School ⓘ
subjectOf The Ernest Green Story ⓘ

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Little Rock Nine → member → Ernest Green ⓘ
Ernest Green → name → Ernest Green ⓘ