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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Rock Nine canonical | 7 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights movement organization
ⓘ
group of students ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ |
| cityOfSchoolIntegrated |
Little Rock, Arkansas
ⓘ
surface form:
Little Rock
|
| commemoratedBy |
educational curricula on civil rights history
ⓘ
monuments in Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| event |
Little Rock Integration Crisis
ⓘ
surface form:
Little Rock school desegregation crisis
|
| hasSignificantPlace |
Little Rock Central High School
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Orval Faubus
ⓘ
surface form:
Governor Orval Faubus
segregationists in Arkansas ⓘ |
| orderedProtectionBy |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
ⓘ
surface form:
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
| partOf | desegregation of public schools in the United States ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
U.S. 101st Airborne Division
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| yearOfCongressionalGoldMedal | 1999 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
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