Ernest Green
Congressional Gold Medal recipient · United States · On the map · Activists · Born 1941 · age 85
Ernest Gideon Green is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Green was the first African-American to graduate from the school in 1958.
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2008Honorary Degree from Spelman CollegeAward1999Congressional Gold MedalAward1993Arkansas Black Hall of FameAward1958Spingarn MedalAward1941Born22 September 1941
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In 1999, he and the other members of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton.
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Activists
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Activist
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Born 1941 · age 85
