Little Rock Integration Crisis

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civil rights conflict historical event school desegregation crisis

The Little Rock Integration Crisis was a 1957 confrontation in which federal troops were deployed to enforce the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, marking a pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement.

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Label	Occurrences
Little Rock school desegregation crisis	12
Little Rock Crisis	3
Little Rock Integration Crisis canonical	2
1957 Little Rock Central High School integration	1
Little Rock Central High School integration crisis	1
Little Rock Crisis of 1957–1958	1
Little Rock Nine	1
Little Rock Nine crisis	1
Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis	1
Little Rock school crisis	1
Little Rock school integration crisis	1
Little Rock school integration crisis of 1957	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights conflict ⓘ historical event ⓘ school desegregation crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ surface form: Little Rock Crisis Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ surface form: Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis
chronology	occurred during the Eisenhower administration ⓘ
conflictWith	states' rights arguments used to defend segregation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement ⓘ
endDate	1957-09-25 ⓘ
federalResponse	Dwight D. Eisenhower federalizing Arkansas National Guard ⓘ deployment of 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock ⓘ
followedBy	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ further school desegregation efforts across the United States ⓘ
hasCause	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ resistance to school desegregation ⓘ
hasEffect	federal enforcement of school desegregation ⓘ increased national attention to civil rights ⓘ precedent for use of federal troops in civil rights enforcement ⓘ strengthening of federal authority over states on civil rights ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Little Rock Central High School ⓘ surface form: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
involves	U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ surface form: 101st Airborne Division Arkansas National Guard ⓘ Daisy Bates ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Elizabeth Eckford ⓘ Elizabeth Eckford ⓘ surface form: Ernest Green Little Rock Integration Crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Little Rock Nine NAACP ⓘ Orval Faubus ⓘ
legacy	symbol of struggle for school integration in the United States ⓘ
legalBasis	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ surface form: Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision federal court desegregation orders ⓘ
location	Little Rock Central High School ⓘ Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
mainSubject	civil rights movement ⓘ school desegregation in the United States ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive national television and newspaper coverage ⓘ
opposedActionBy	Orval Faubus ordering Arkansas National Guard to block Black students ⓘ
opposedBy	segregationists in Arkansas ⓘ
partOf	African-American civil rights movement ⓘ
pointInTime	1957 ⓘ
result	Little Rock Nine attended classes at Central High School under federal protection ⓘ
significantEvent	desegregation of Little Rock Central High School ⓘ
startDate	1957-09-04 ⓘ
state	Arkansas ⓘ
supportedBy	civil rights activists ⓘ
triggeredBy	attempted enrollment of nine Black students at Central High School ⓘ

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Dwight D. Eisenhower → notableEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

American civil rights movement → hasPart → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Little Rock Integration Crisis → alsoKnownAs → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock Crisis

Little Rock Integration Crisis → alsoKnownAs → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis

Little Rock Integration Crisis → involves → Little Rock Integration Crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock Nine

American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → siteOfEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Little Rock Central High School → significantEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Arkansas National Guard → involvedIn → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Arkansas National Guard → involvedIn → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock Nine crisis

Orval Faubus → notableEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock Crisis

Orval Faubus → governedDuring → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

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Cooper v. Aaron → relatedEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Daisy Bates → participantIn → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Elizabeth Eckford → significantEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Ole Miss integration crisis → relatedTo → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock Crisis

Little Rock School District → associatedWithEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Magnolia Gas Station (historic site) → associatedWith → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

subject surface form: Magnolia Gas Station

this entity surface form: Little Rock Central High School integration crisis

Little Rock Nine → event → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation → hasNotableEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school crisis

The Long Shadow of Little Rock → mainSubject → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

The Long Shadow of Little Rock → depicts → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1957 Little Rock Central High School integration

The Long Shadow of Little Rock → timePeriodCovered → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

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The Long Shadow of Little Rock → relatedEvent → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

Daisy Bates Day (Arkansas state holiday) → commemorates → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

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New Orleans school integration crisis → relatedTo → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school integration crisis

Alta Haskins → associatedWith → Little Rock Integration Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis