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bill signed extending aid to Fed-activity dists 1 yr
Davies orders Bd to integrate 'forthwith'; Bd holds desegregation in effect; Blossom says Central HS will be open to Negroes; none appear as 270 Guardsmen ring bldg; illus; crowd opposing integration demonstrates
illus of Convair F-106A, fastest all-weather interceptor
12 liners dock with record 9,386 passengers in 1 day; illus
1957Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer[†]
Harriet Rene "Khandi" Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. She began her career as a dancer in the 1980s, and was a choreographer for Whitney Houston's world tours from 1988 to 1992.
1957American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.[†]
The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which most commonly affected African Americans. The movement had origins in the Reconstruction era in the late 19th century, and modern roots in the 1940s. After years of nonviolent protests and civil disobedience campaigns, the civil rights movement achieved many of its legislative goals in the 1960s, during which it secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]