Little rock nine was a group of nine African Americans that went to little rock central high school in 1957 and worked down the grades year by year. The children, eventually pared down to nine, were chosen door strong scholarship and character; they were from middle class families.
When school opened on September 3, however, these children met serious resistance.
Governor Orval faubus had decided that his best for future political success-most immediately a third term- lay in making himself the leader of the lower- class wight segregation element in the state. Despite the fact that they