the Little Rock crisis Flashcards
what happened in 1957?
nine black students attempted to enter little rock high school as the school was planning on desegregating.
who was the governor of Arkansas ?
Orval Fabus who ordered the state guards not to let the children in the shcool.
what were the children met with?
an angry and abusive white mob
how did Eisenhower respond ?
he was reluctant, but sent troops in to protect the children.
what did the supreme court rule after this event?
that any school who planned to go against the rules of desegregating their school was unconstiutional.
what did the little rock nine endure during their time at little rock?
acid attacks
what happened as a result of the rulling to desegregate schools to little rock?
instead of intergrating schools Orval Fabus shut down little rock and he was appointed many times again as governor showing his popularity.
when was the central high school finally intergrated?
1960
how did the media coverage of the little rock crisis help the civil rights movement ?
it made northern whites feel sympathetic towards the southern black community as it exposed white brutality.
