During the summer of 1957, he called for a delay to desegregation. The first year at Central High School, Little Rock Superintendent Blossom reduced the number of black students who were permitted ...

In 1957, nine Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. The school had been all-white since its construction in 1927. Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green ...

LITTLE ROCK--Paratroopers from the Army's famed 101st Airborne Division took up stations around Central High School Tuesday night, scene of disorders resulting from efforts to integrate Negro ...