KIDS QUIZ
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
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Became first african American to graduate from central.
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He was president of the us at the time.
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He was a white student at central.
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He was governor of Arkansas at the time.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ernest Gideon Green made history on May 27, 1958, when he became the first African American to graduate from Little Rock Central High School, following a school year of daily brutal harassment and violence.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of his junior year at Horace Mann, Green volunteered to attend the all-white Little Rock Central High School in fall of 1957 and help desegregate one of the nation’s largest schools.
Detailed explanation-3: -Partly inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Green’s family decided to become plaintiffs in the lawsuit that desegregated Little Rock’s Central High School. Green and eight other African American high schoolers became known as the Little Rock Nine.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thelma Mothershed received her diploma from Central High School by taking correspondence courses to complete her studies. The rest of the Little Rock Nine completed their high school educations at different schools.