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.

Aliases (6)

Little Rock school desegregation crisis ×7
Little Rock Crisis ×3
Little Rock Nine ×1
Little Rock Nine crisis ×1
Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis ×1
Little Rock school integration crisis of 1957 ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights conflict → historical event → school desegregation crisis →
alsoKnownAs	Little Rock Crisis → Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis →
chronology	occurred during the Eisenhower administration →
conflictWith	states' rights arguments used to defend segregation →
country	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 National Historic Site →
involves	101st Airborne Division → Arkansas National Guard → Daisy Bates → Dwight D. Eisenhower → Elizabeth Eckford → Ernest Green → Little Rock Nine → NAACP → Orval Faubus →
legacy	symbol of struggle for school integration in the United States →
legalBasis	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 →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Little Rock Integration Crisis ("Little Rock Crisis") → Little Rock Integration Crisis ("Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis") →	alsoKnownAs
Arkansas National Guard ("Little Rock school desegregation crisis") → Arkansas National Guard ("Little Rock Nine crisis") →	involvedIn
Dwight D. Eisenhower → Orval Faubus ("Little Rock Crisis") →	notableEvent
Elizabeth Eckford ("Little Rock school desegregation crisis") → Little Rock Central High School ("Little Rock school desegregation crisis") →	significantEvent
Orval Faubus ("Little Rock school integration crisis of 1957") →	governedDuring
American civil rights movement ("Little Rock school desegregation crisis") →	hasPart
Little Rock Integration Crisis ("Little Rock Nine") →	involves
Daisy Bates ("Little Rock school desegregation crisis") →	participantIn
Cooper v. Aaron ("Little Rock school desegregation crisis") →	relatedEvent
Ole Miss integration crisis ("Little Rock Crisis") →	relatedTo
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) ("Little Rock school desegregation crisis") →	siteOfEvent