The North Little Rock High School Desegregation Crisis created the North Little Rock Six, a group of six African American students who attempted to desegregate North Little Rock High School on September 9, 1957. In 1955 the North Little Rock School Board voted to begin desegregating classes at the twelfth grade. Seven seniors from the all-Black Scipio Jones High School registered to attend North Little Rock High School for the 1957-1958 school year, but only six students attempted to enroll. Daisy Bates, who led the effort to desegregate Central High School, had no knowledge of the North Little Rock Six’s efforts to desegregate the high school in the Little Rock suburb. The North Little Rock Six received recognition on September 9, 2007, when they were honored at a ceremony hosted by the city of North Little Rock and the North Little Rock-based nonprofit STAND Foundation.

Source: Washington Post December 10, 2023 05:53 UTC