Little Rock Central High School was the site of a Civil Rights showdown in 1957 that saw nine black student attempt to attend the school in accordance with the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education ruling. Violence escalated and the students were removed from the school. They returned the next day, with the help of the National Guard as ordered by President Eisenhower.When I visited in 2005, the visitor's center was located in a restored Mobil Gas Station across the street from the school. It moved to the new building in 2007. The High School building itself is still used for it's original purpose.
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