The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American
students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis on this
day, in which the students were initially prevented from entering
the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President
Dwight D. Eisenhower.

A photograph of Elizabeth Eckford attempting to enter
Little Rock School on 4th September, 1957. 

Gov. Orval E. Faubus of Arkansas (1910 – 1994)

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 – 1969)