The law that allowed students to attend school in Little Rock, Arkansas, was the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. This landmark ruling mandated the desegregation of schools across the United States, leading to the integration efforts at Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The federal government's intervention, including the deployment of U.S. Army troops, was necessary to enforce this decision and protect the nine African American students known as the "Little Rock Nine."
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