arkansas national guard was the statewide military organization that escorted the little rock nine to school.
what statewide military organization escorted the little rock nine to school?
arkansas national guard
the little rock nine incident of 1957 centered around little rock central high school brought arkansas to national attention. after the little rock school board had voted to begin carrying out desegregation in compliance with the law, segregationist protesters physically blocked nine black students recruited by the naacp from entering the school. governor orval faubus deployed the arkansas national guard to support the segregationists, and only backed down after judge ronald davies of u.s. district court for the eastern district of arkansas granted an injunction from the u.s. department of justice compelling him to withdraw the guard. white mobs began to riot when the nine black students began attending school. president dwight d. eisenhower, on the request of little rock mayor, deployed the 101st airborne division to little rock and federalized the arkansas national guard to protect the students and ensure their safe passed to school. little rock's four public high schools were closed in september 1958, only reopening a year later. integration across all grades was finally achieved in fall 1972. the little rock school episode drew international attention to the troubled state of race relations in the united states.
history of arkansas
bullet::::- ernest green (born 1941), civil rights activist and member of the little rock nine





















































bullet::::- robert l. hill (born 1892, date of death unknown), black leader at elaine race riot





















































bullet::::- scipio africanus jones (1863–1943), attorney





















































bullet::::- gloria ray karlmark (born 1942), civil rights activist and member of the little rock nine





















































bullet::::- carlotta walls lanier (born 1942), civil rights activist and member of the little rock nine





















































bullet::::- terrence roberts (born 1941), civil rights activist and member of the little rock nine





















































bullet::::- adolphine fletcher terry (1882–1976), social activist





















































bullet::::- louise thaden (1905–1979), aviation pioneer
list of people from arkansas