This Day in Black History: May 27, 1958
Ernest Green of the "Little Rock Nine" became the first Black graduate of the newly desegregated Central High School in Pulaski County of Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 27, 1958.
Ernest Gideon Green became the first Black graduate of the newly desegregated Central High School in Pulaski County of Little Rock, Arkansas on May 27, 1958.
Green was a member of the “Little Rock Nine,” a pioneering group of Black students who were the first to integrate Central High following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education that declared laws requiring segregation in public schools illegal.
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Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Saturday, May 27th 2023 at 4:17PM
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