Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site was the site of struggles over school desegregation in 1957. Nine African-American teenagers were entering their first day of school at a time when desegregation of the schools was just beginning. That day went down in the history of the Civil Rights movement as being a pivotal event. The U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division was brought to Little Rock to escort the nine students into the school on the next day.