Ernest Green

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Ernest Green is an American civil rights figure best known as the first Black student to graduate from Little Rock Central High School, where he was one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated the previously segregated school in 1957.

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instanceOf African-American civil rights activist
civil rights activist
human
appointedBy Jimmy Carter NERFINISHED
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal NERFINISHED
Spingarn Medal NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Little Rock Central High School NERFINISHED
employer United States Department of Labor NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Green NERFINISHED
givenName Ernest NERFINISHED
hasRoleIn school desegregation in the United States
honoredAs member of the Little Rock Nine receiving the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999
languageSpoken English
memberOf Little Rock Nine NERFINISHED
movement American civil rights movement
name Ernest Green NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the Little Rock Nine
being the first Black student to graduate from Little Rock Central High School
occupation business executive
civil rights leader
public official
placeOfEducation Little Rock, Arkansas NERFINISHED
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training NERFINISHED
residence United States of America
sexOrGender male
significantEvent Little Rock school integration crisis NERFINISHED
desegregation of Little Rock Central High School
subjectOf The Ernest Green Story NERFINISHED

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Little Rock Nine member Ernest Green