Eight of the nine black students remained through the school year, and at commencement ceremonies on May 27, 1958, Ernest Green became the first black graduate of Central High.

He said in an interview with website At the Sinema, "All that stuff is really good music, like Ernest Green (Washed Out) and Neon Indian.

Ernest Green (U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor)

Ernest Green was born in Little Rock to Lothaire and Ernest Green, Sr.

Ernest Green served three months home detention.

Ernest Psichari (Ernest Green & Co., New York, Toronto, 1939)

He had been invited by Mr. Trie and Ernest Green, a Lehman Brothers official who is a native of Arkansas.

He forwarded the letter to Ernest Green, then Organising Secretary of the National WEA and in the accompanying covering letter wrote:

Ernest Green was the first African American to graduate from Central High School.

As Ernest Green says, "If given the opportunity, you'd be surprised at how much you can do, how much you can achieve."