"The Lost Year"
President Eisenhower
mentor
Mob
Ernest Green
Integration
Segregation
Brown vs. Board of Education
Little Rock Central High School
Governor Orval Faubus
Daisy Bates
1957
Unconstitutional
The historic Supreme Court case that ruled segregation unconstitutional.
means that something is not in agreement with what the United States Constitution says.
a large group of people, usually angry and trying to cause trouble.
the forced separation or certain people, commonly because of skin color.
the bringing of people together; such as people of different skin colors.
The year that the Little Rock Nine integrated Central High School.
was a civil rights activist who recruited and mentored the Little Rock Nine
This person called on the U.S. Army to protect and escort the students in the school.
this person called the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering Central on the first day of class.
The year that all of the high schools in Little Rock were closed to stop any more attempts at integration.
The high school the Little Rock Nine integrated.
the first African American to graduate from Central High School
a person who advises and trains others.