aug 1, 1957 - Little Rock Nine

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1. 9 black students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School
2. Orval Eugene Faubus, governor of Arkansas, sent 270 soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard to protect the 9 students from angry crowds.
3. Little Rock, Arkansas
4. Brown v. Board of Education
5. More black students enrolled in typically all-white schools. The mayor of Little Rock closed all schools and other Southern school districts followed suit. They also subsidized white attendance at segregated private schools.

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