Little Rock Integration Crisis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Little_Rock_Integration_Crisis

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Little_Rock_Crisis
gptkbp:category	civil rights school desegregation education history
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Little_Rock_Central_High_School_National_Historic_Site
gptkbp:date	1957
gptkbp:followedBy	further school desegregation efforts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Little Rock Integration Crisis
gptkbp:impact	increased federal role in civil rights enforcement inspired further civil rights activism
gptkbp:involves	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Little_Rock_Nine gptkb:Central_High_School gptkb:Orval_Faubus
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education_ruling
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Little_Rock,_Arkansas,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive national and international attention
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Carlotta_Walls_LaNier gptkb:Elizabeth_Eckford gptkb:Ernest_Green gptkb:Gloria_Ray_Karlmark gptkb:Jefferson_Thomas gptkb:Melba_Pattillo_Beals gptkb:Minnijean_Brown-Trickey gptkb:Terrence_Roberts gptkb:Thelma_Mothershed
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Governor_Orval_Faubus Arkansas National Guard (initially)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education_decision_(1954)
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:resultedIn	federal intervention enrollment of African American students use of 101st Airborne Division
gptkbp:significance	milestone in U.S. civil rights history
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:President_Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:U.S._Army_101st_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:triggeredBy	attempt to desegregate Central High School
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:President_Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Little_Rock_Central_High_School_National_Historic_Site
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5