Little Rock 9

The Little Rock 9 consisted of 9 african american students from little rock, arkansas. They were the first african american students to be integrated into the once segregated Little Rock central high school. At first the 9 were kept from entering school by mobs of whites, and the national guard. But eventually they were let into the school, but had the obstacle of the racist students to overcome.They were hit with rocks, spat on, called names, etc. But they managed to overcome all of this to graduate from Little Rock Central High School and become some of the most famous african americans in United States History.