This Week in Black History May 27, 1958

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Ernest Green

Ernest Green, who joined eight Black classmates in challenging racial segregation in public schools, became the first member of the “Little Rock Nine” to graduate from Central High School in a case that helped dismantle school segregation throughout the U.S.

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