In 1957, nine Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. The school had been ... they were met with a racist mob of white students as well as about 270 soldiers who barred the ...

During the summer of 1957, he called for a delay to desegregation. The first year at Central High School, Little Rock Superintendent Blossom reduced the number of black students who were permitted ...

2, he said, to prevent Negroes from entering Central High School and to prevent ... night said he hurried federal troops to Little rock because "mob rule" there menaced the safety of the United ...

In 1957, the same year of the Little Rock Nine desegregation at Central High School and ... Smith went to integrate the high school but were met with a mob and the superintendent denying them ...

Today, Little Rock Central High School is a National Historic Site ... The day the students went to school, they were met with a racist mob of white students as well as about 270 soldiers who ...