AR HR1044

House Resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of Little Rock Central High School's integration on September 25, 2017, marking the first full day of integration by nine African-American students known as the "Little Rock Nine"

Documents the events of September 23-24, 1957, when the Little Rock Nine faced an angry mob, were removed by police for safety, and were subsequently escorted into the school by President Eisenhower's ordered 101st Airborne Division with individual guards assigned to each student

Honors the individual achievements and life accomplishments of all nine members: Minnijean Brown Trickey, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed Wair, Melba Pattillo Beals, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, and Gloria Cecelia Ray Karlmark

Recognizes Central High School's integration as the first major test of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision and highlights the crisis as forcing the nation to enforce African-American civil rights against massive southern resistance

Resolves that the House of Representatives respects and honors the achievements of the Little Rock Nine and their families as beacons of strength, dignity, and courage in the civil rights movement