An angry mob of over 1,000 whites gothers in front of Central School, while nine African American students are escorted inside. The Little Rock police remove the nine children for their safety. -Little Rock Central High School National al Historic Site, National Park Service, www.nps gov (accessed December This controntation centered around disagreement over the use of taxes to fund public education E the denial of First and Fifth Amendment freedoms by southern state legislatures E resistance by state and local governments to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling the refusal of federal courts to hear cases concerning civil rights violations