Little Rock Nine

Barred

• not allowed to enter

• not legal according to the constitution

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Declares that all persons born in the US are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)

• not allowed to enter

• not legal according to the constitution

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Declares that all persons born in the US are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

14 Amendment

• not allowed to enter

• not legal according to the constitution

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Declares that all persons born in the US are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

Unconstitutional

• not allowed to enter

• not legal according to the constitution

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Declares that all persons born in the US are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

Integrate

• not allowed to enter

• not legal according to the constitution

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Declares that all persons born in the US are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

Little Rock Nine

• not allowed to enter

• The first group of African American students to attend Little Rock High School

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Declares that all persons born in the US are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

Orval Faubus

• Arkansas governor who called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students fromentering Little Rock's Central High SChool under federal court order

• The first group of African American students to attend Little Rock High School

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Declares that all persons born in the US are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

President Eisenhower

• Arkansas governor who called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students fromentering Little Rock's Central High SChool under federal court order

• The first group of African American students to attend Little Rock High School

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Presiden who forced Little Rock High School to integrate

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

Executive Order

• Arkansas governor who called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students fromentering Little Rock's Central High SChool under federal court order

• A rule issued by the president that has the force of law

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Presiden who forced Little Rock High School to integrate

• 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregting schools to be unconsitutional. Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

National Guard

• Arkansas governor who called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students fromentering Little Rock's Central High SChool under federal court order

• A rule issued by the president that has the force of law

• to undo the policy of segregation and allow people of all races into all spaces

• Presiden who forced Little Rock High School to integrate

• A special military police force that the governeors of states can use to deal with emergencies. The president has ulitimate authority.