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University of Iowa: 1957 the Little Rock Nine

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Tells the story of the nine students who were the first African-Americans to attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas on September 4, 1957 when it was desegreagated. The uproar and resistance to this caused President Eisenhower to send in military troops to protect them, and they stayed the entire school year. [3:45]

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