Ernest Gideon Green (born September 22, 1941) is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Green was the first African-American to graduate from the school in 1958.

2024年1月3日 · Ernest Gideon Green made history as the only senior of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students who, in 1957, desegregated Central High School in Little Rock (Pulaski County). The world watched as they braved constant intimidation and threats from those who opposed desegregation of the formerly all-white high school.

2003年1月22日 · He was one of the first black students to integrate at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, following the Supreme Court ruling to desegregate in 1954. Green is the oldest of the "Little Rock Nine," a group of high school students who entered Central High School on the morning of September 25, 1957, with an escort of paratroopers.

2010年1月29日 · On May 25, 1958, Ernest Green, the only senior among the Little Rock Nine, became the first African American graduate of Central High.

That spring, on May 27, 1958, Ernest Green became the first African American graduated from Central High. Try to imagine the torrent of emotions that ran through those young men and women. Imagine the courage they had to muster each day.

Ernest Green is the first African American to graduate from Little Rock Central High School (May 1958). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Science and Master of Science in Sociology from Michigan State University as well as honorary doctorates from Michigan State University, Tougaloo College, and Central State University.

2024年11月22日 · The Little Rock Nine were the nine African American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. Their entrance into the school in 1957 sparked a nationwide crisis when Arkansas governor Orval Faubus , in defiance of a federal court order, called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Nine from entering.

Ernest Green made history as the only senior of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. The world watched as they braved constant intimidation and threats from those who opposed desegregation of the formerly all-white high school.

2007年3月7日 · Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1941, Ernest Gideon Green was no stranger to the Civil Rights Movement as his mother was a NAACP member and took part in protests against unequal pay between whites and blacks. Partly inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Green became the only senior among the nine African Americans who decided to integrate Central High that fall. Ernest Green made history on May 27, 1958, when he became the first of the Little Rock Nine, and the first African-American, …