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Brown v. Board of Education & the Little Rock Crisis. Effects of Brown. The Little Rock Crisis (1957). Nine black students were admitted to Little Rock Central High School. Opposition was so violent, President Eisenhower sent in the National Guard to protect black students from mobs.
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The Little Rock Crisis (1957) • Nine black students were admitted to Little Rock Central High School
Opposition was so violent, President Eisenhower sent in the National Guard to protect black students from mobs.
Outcome: Mixed Success • Brown v. Board II required desegregation with “all deliberate speed.” • Brown integrated schools, but Southern states resisted desegregation for several years. • KKK membership increased in the deep South.