HIST 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock Nine, Orval Faubus
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Jackie robinson: baseball legend; active in the civil rights movement. Served on the naacp"s board of directors + helped found an african american- owned bank. Brown v. board of education: thurgood marshall, then chief counsel for the naacp, successfully argued the landmark case before the u. s. supreme court led by chief. Marshall showed that the practice of segregation in public schools made african. Even if the facilities provided were equal in nature, the court noted in its decision, the very fact that some students were separated from others on the basis of their race made segregation unconstitutional. Little rock nine (1957): central high school in little rock, arkansas was forced to accept its first 9 african american students. Orval faubus, arkansas governor, called out the state national guard to prevent the students from attending classes, removing troops only after eisenhower told him to do so. The southern manifesto (1956): many national politicians supported the segregationist efforts.
