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Little Rock Central High School (LRCH) is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The school was the site of the Little Rock Crisis in 1957 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation by race in public schools was unconstitutional three years earlier.

The high school is still operating today and is the only functioning high school to be located within the boundary of a national historic site. Visit the Central High School Visitor Center to learn more Little Rock Nine information and history.

Central High School was the center of a struggle for desegregation that garnered national and worldwide media attention in 1957. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the court system and the military all were players in a drama surrounding nine African-American students who tried to attend the then all-white school.

The crisis at Little Rock's Central High School forced the nation to resolve to enforce African-American civil rights in the face of massive southern defiance during the years following the Brown decision.

Dec 10, 2024 · Discover the people and places within the story of Little Rock Central High School and the struggle for integration.

Jul 17, 2024 · A testament to its utilitarian design and quality construction, Little Rock Central High School is still in operation, making it the only fully functioning high school to be established as a National Historic Site.

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, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas.

Oct 13, 2017 · Tour the historic Little Rock Central High School and wander in a moment of American history: the end of school segregation and The Little Rock Nine.

Sep 28, 2007 · A new documentary takes a look inside the Arkansas school at the center of a key Civil Rights moment 50 years ago.