How did the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education lead to the Little Rock Central High School integration?

The Supreme Court's 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, stating that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. This landmark decision provided the legal foundation for the desegregation of schools across the United States.12

Three years later, in 1957, nine African American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, attempted to enroll at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. Governor Orval Faubus defied a federal court order and used the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from entering. In response, President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the National Guard and deployed U.S. Army troops to escort the students into the school, ensuring their safety and enforcing the desegregation mandated by the Supreme Court.3456