Ernest Green | |
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 Green in 1996 | |
| Born | Ernest Gideon Green September 22, 1941 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Education | Little Rock Central High School Horace Mann High School |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University (BA, MA) |
| Movement | Civil rights movement |
| Spouse | Phyllis |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Congressional Gold Medal Spingarn Medal |
Ernest Gideon Green (born September 22, 1941) 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. In 1999, he and the other members of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton.