U.S. GOVERNMENT; ADAM JONES, PH.D.
Central High School
U.S. paratroopers in full battle dress escort 9 black children — three boys
and six girls — on September 25, 1957, in Little Rock, Arkansas, into
Central High School, after President Eisenhower decided the day before
to send federal troops and bring the state under federal control to protect
black children against white demonstrators. The federal troops kept the
children away while a crowd of more than 400 white men and women
jeered, “Go home, niggers.” Today, Central High School is an accredited
comprehensive public high school and a national historic site.