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little rock nine: the little rock nine is known as a group of african american teenage students who stood up for their rights. In September 23, 1957 is the day that Elizabeth Eckford and 8 other teens in the Little Rock central High, like many school across the country, was segregated. Only whites could attend. and these 9 students who would be known as The Little Rock Nine. Known as the Little Rock Nine, would be the first African Americans to attend little Rock Nine Central High. As they drove toward the school that morning, the students knew what awaited them--an angry group of white protesters. Just a few weeks before, the nine had walked past just such a crowd to the high school's entrance. That morning, Arkansas National Guardsmen had turned the nine away, and, along with police, stood by while the mob pelted the black students cars with stones, assaulted them, and threatened their lives. But even though they were scared, the nine hadn't given up. Like many of the figures in what came to be known as the civil rights movement, they would keep trying. the rights to an equal education had been granted to African and American students in 1954 by the United States Supreme Court, when it ruled that segregation was illegal. Unfortunately, three years later, many African Americans were still being forced to go to separate and inferior schools. African Americans also still suffered under " Jim Crow " laws that forced them to use separate public bathrooms from whites. They were called the little rock nine because they went to Little Rock Central and they were a group of 9 students. They were known for standing up for their rights and not giving up.