[African American man, rising, after being knocked to the ground by mob at Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas]
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![[African American students Jefferson Thomas (l) and Ernest Green reading newspaper relating to their efforts to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/68317f1ec6440f9ea9cbc5b35fecb1f5c79025b9.png "[African American students Jefferson Thomas (l) and Ernest Green reading newspaper relating to their efforts to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas]")
![[Ernest Green, head-and-shoulders portrait, shows textbooks to young African American children, after his first full day at Little Rock Central High School]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/6dbe1e152c3dc5b4b46e967edf1e492d417febae.png "[Ernest Green, head-and-shoulders portrait, shows textbooks to young African American children, after his first full day at Little Rock Central High School]")
![[Ernest Green, the first African American graduate of Little Rock Central High School, and his parents are escorted to a taxi following graduation ceremonies]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/50bef035f64a622d1394eb91c773508a1e9a2b87.png "[Ernest Green, the first African American graduate of Little Rock Central High School, and his parents are escorted to a taxi following graduation ceremonies]")
![[African American student Elizabeth Eckford studies at home after being turned away from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by National Guardsmen]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/4788fac979a764cd06a55315953228f0c1600bec.png "[African American student Elizabeth Eckford studies at home after being turned away from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by National Guardsmen]")
