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The Little Rock Nine

Nine students integrate Central High under federal troops as a mob and the governor resist.

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Key events

  1. September 4, 1957
    The Little Rock Nine

    Nine students integrate Central High under federal troops as a mob and the governor resist.

  2. January 10, 1957
    The SCLC is founded

    Dr. King and allies form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

  3. September 9, 1957
    The Civil Rights Act of 1957

    The first federal civil-rights law since Reconstruction, focused on voting.