Ernest Green

Ernest Green
Green in 1996
Born	Ernest Gideon Green (1941-09-22) September 22, 1941 (age 82) 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.