Little rock is in arkansas and is a state that is relatively progressive.

On sept 4 a crisis erupted Govenor Orval Faubus called the National Gurad to prevent the African American students from going to little rock central high school.

The students at Central high had been chosen because of their excellent grades.

On the first day of school only one student showed up she did not recieve the phone call about the danger of going to school.

She was harrassed by whites outside of the school the poplice had to to take her away in the patrol car to protect her .