50 years ago, federal troops went to Little Rock, Arkansas

Fifty years after federal troops escorted Terrence Roberts and eight fellow black students into an all–white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, he says the struggles over race and segregation still are unresolved. “This country has demonstrated over time that it is not prepared to operate as an integrated society,” said Roberts, who is a faculty member in the psychology program at Antioch University. He and the other students known as the Little Rock Nine will help the city observe Central High School’s 50th anniversary this week with a series of events culminating with a ceremony featuring former President Bill Clinton. Read about what happened in 1957 in Little Rock in this article.