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Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus initially prevented the Little Rock Nine from attending school before the intervention of which US president? A Dwight Eisenhower B John F. Kennedy C Lyndon Johnson After Faubus ordered the National Guard to block the students from entering, President Eisenhower called in the 101st Airborne to enforce integration and protect the … Read more

Which landmark Supreme Court decision paved the way for the desegregation of public schools? A Plessy v. Ferguson B Brown v. Board of Education C Dred Scott v. Sandford The ruling stemmed from a case in Kansas in which 13 Black families sued the Topeka school district in 1951 for its refusal to enroll their … Read more

This bronze monument pays tribute to nine Black students at Central High School in which state? A Mississippi B Arkansas C Georgia The Little Rock Nine were thrust onto the front lines of desegregation when they became the first Black students to enroll at their local high school. Opposed by much of the school, the … Read more