PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
Question
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Erica Hart
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Daisy Bates
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Ernest Green
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Elizabeth Eckford
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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: -Green, Sr. His parents instilled in him confidence and self-respect that helped him to become a leader among his peers and a civil rights advocate. He was one of the first black students to integrate at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, following the Supreme Court ruling to desegregate in 1954.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ernest Gideon Green (born September 22, 1941) is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Green was the first African-American to graduate from the school in 1958.
Detailed explanation-4: -Partly inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Detailed explanation-5: -But sadly, Ernest died around the time Bill was an infant, leaving the farm to suffer and Bill to take his place.