In overturning Plessy v. Ferguson, the court made a bold statement against racial discrimination. Most Southern states balked at the decision to desegregate schools and changed nothing. When nine African American students tried to attend a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957, resistance was so aggressive that President Eisenhower had to send federal troops to protect them. Those brave students are remembered as the Little Rock Nine.

icon
Related questions
Question
Help just look at the photo and please help me
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer