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The 2007 Little Rock Silver Dollar was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, an important event in the American Civil Rights movement.
The desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, gained national attention on September 3, 1957, when Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school. After several failed attempts to negotiate with Faubus, President Dwight D. Eisenhower took action against the defiant governor by simultaneously federalizing the Arkansas National Guard, removing the Guard from Faubus' control, and ordering one thousand troops from the United States Army 101st Airborne Division in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky to oversee the integration. On September 25, 1957 the students, now known as the Little Rock Nine, entered Central High School, an academically renowned school with an enrollment of approximately two thousand white students. Despite suffering constant torment and discrimination from their classmates, eight of the nine students completed the school year at Central High School.
Obverse
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Depicts the feet of the Little Rock Nine escorted by a soldier to enter the school. The inscription “Liberty” with nine stars appears above the image, and the inscriptions “Desegregation in Education”, “2007”, and “In God We Trust” appear below. LIBERTY |
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Reverse
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Depicts Little Rock Central High School as it appeared in 1957. The building still operates as an educational institution and has been designated as a National Historic Site. The inscriptions read “One Dollar”, “E Pluribus Unum”, “Little Rock Central High School”, and “United States of America”. ONE DOLLAR |
Edge |
1 Dollar
50th Anniversary of the Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School
KM# 418
50th Anniversary of the Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School