The Struggle Of Nine Students In Little Rock High School

Racism had tainted her life from the very beginning. During her childhood she attended a one-room school for blacks only. She was only allowed to attend school for a short time due to the ailing health of

On September 25, 1957, Nine african american students entered Central High and made it through a whole day. They are called, “The Little Rock nine.” The names of the students are Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, and Melba Pattillo Beals. These nine had a hard time getting through the mobs of people, but they made it the front doors of Central High. They volunteered themselves to try

The mobs and classmates might have wanted to separate the people into “…race, creed, color, religion, or status (222)…”, but that didn’t separate the nine teenagers that were taunted, Melba learned that everyone wouldn’t be separate in her heart. She had to be brave to step into a school where everyone was against her, but deep down some of the kids were cheering her on. “The task that remains is to cope with our interdependence to see ourselves reflected in every other human being and to respect and honor our differences (222).”Melba truly became the warrior and fighter she wanted to be in the

On Thursday evening December 1, 1955, Rosa boards a Montgomery City Bus to go home after a long day working as a seamstress. She walks back to the section for blacks, and takes a seat. The law stated that they could sit there if no White people were standing. Rosa parks never liked segregation rules and has been fighting against them for more than ten years in the NAACP, but until then had never broke any of the unjust rules. As the bus stops at more places, more white people enter the bus, all the seats in the “White Only” section was filled and the bus driver orders Rosa’s row to move to the back of the bus, they all moved, accept Rosa. She was arrested and fined for violating a city regulation. This act of defiance began a movement that ended legal Segregation in America, and made her an inspiration to freedom devoted people everywhere.

During 1957, integration of the Little Rock Nine students into Central High School was one of the most important events in history of that time period. Integration of high school made the town go out of control with high emotions in little rock. During the 1950s the mediums used their cameras and video tapes to influence important roles the had accesses. These various mediums served to illuminate the important events surrounding the Little Rock Nine, as well as, at times, provide an inaccurate or incomplete picture of events.

This is because of the constant bullying by parents and the fellow classmates. The parents and their kids did this by, gathering up in mobs, and saying mean things to the Little rock Nine. Also, the angry mobs would yell at the nine black students. ¨Orval Faubus, the Arkansas governor was completely against black children attending the school and he ordered armed National Guards to show up at the school under the idea that there might be bloodshed and violence.¨ (Little Rock Nine.” Little Rock Nine - History for Kids, www.historyforkids.net/little-rock-nine.html.) This has to do with the Little Rock Nine struggling to complete their goal because if they could not get into the school then they could not complete the goal. Then, later in the year soldiers had to personally escort them into their school in Little

In September of 1957, nine African American students were admitted into an all Caucasian high school named Little Rock Central High School, located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The nine students were selected to attend the Central High School based on academic scores and perfect attendance. The nine students were Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LanNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo Beals. The decision to allow these students into an all caucasian high school, was with the hope of starting desegregation in the schools in Little Rock. Shortly after these students were admitted to Central, the Little Rock Crisis occurred. This was when The African

Source B says,” When the black students, known as “The Little Rock nine,” attempted to enter Central High School, segregationists threatened protests and physically blocked the students from the students from entering their school.” This quote was explaining the scenario these people were in, showing that “The Little Rock Nine” were abused verbally and physically. This also shows that the whites going to Central High School were prejudiced even after the laws and rules changed. Furthermore,”When the students tried to enter again on September 24th, they were taken through a back door,”(Source B). This shows that the school kids won’t accept The Little Rock Nine, because they are African-American even when the law says the school must. Furthermore, this also shows that the kids want an education and are willing to do much to get there. Finally, The Little Rock Nine was abused, because they were

Fifty-nine years ago, nine Negro students attempted to enter an all-white high school as quintessential students. Originally, there were ten students, however, one backed out on their first day. The remaining students were terrorized, and yet idolized for their efforts in commencing desegregation in the education system. Research illustrates the courageous acts of the Little Rock Nine students ending the racial segregation in America’s society, positively and negatively, in an all-white high school.

The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students that were admitted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 4, 1957. The Supreme Court made the decision of desegregating the schools. Carlotta Walls, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Brown, Melba Pattillo Beals, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Terrence Roberts, and Elizabeth Eckford made history. They went through many tough situations just trying to get inside the school. When the nine students made it inside, the struggle was then to survive with all the racist people there to stop them from reaching their only goal. Superintendent Blossom told them that they could not have a normal high school experience. Torture was present everyday

One cold December day a woman got onto a bus after a long shift at work, exhausted from the day she plopped down in a seat near the front. The next stop many white people boarded and the bus started to get full so they moved back until they reached the woman's seat. This was a problem because this woman, Rosa Parks, was black and had to move or she would end up in jail. Even with that knowledge, she refused to give that seat up. Many blacks faced this problem every day during the Civil Rights Movement, but weren't brave enough to stand up for their rights like Rosa was. After Rosa said "no" many realized they could stand up for their rights as well. Parks helped with people's involvement during these tough times and was involved herself. Due

“... they faced physical and verbal abuse from white peers”(Source 2). The colored people were not only receiving bad materials, but they were also being physically treated badly. Colored students couldn’t do anything without being bullied by white classmates.” An astonished American watched footage of brutish, white southerners mercilessly harassing African American children calmly walking into school, intent on getting an education” (Source 2). The colored students wouldn’t even be doing anything harmful to the whites at their school. All they wanted was to get the best education they could at the time. To sum up, colored students weren’t harming other students for them to be harmed

Rosa Parks grew up in a time when African Americans were treated unfairly (Chanko 1). Everyday after work, Rosa would take the bus home. There was rules regarding to riding the bus that African Americans had to follow and whites did not(Chanko 5), and one of the rules were that the whites sat in the front and the African Americans sat in the back. Another rule of riding the bus was that African Americans could sit in the middle towards the front of the bus, but if there was a white person that needed a seat, then they would had to get up and move to the back. On December 1, 1955, Rosa got on the bus to go home and she paid before she sat down (Chanko ). She sat down, but she sat in the middle towards the front of the bus (Chanko 6). After many stops, there was a white person that needed a seat, so the bus driver told Rosa to get up and move to the back and she refused to do so. The bus driver called the police and the police had her arrested and taken to jail for not giving up her seat to a white person (Chanko 8). Rosa

The group’s first day of school was on September 24, 1957. Daisy Bates, the organizer of the event, telephoned the families of the nine students to inform them that they would all arrive at the school as together for their personal safety. However one member of the Little Rock Nine did not receive this message, due to her family’s lack of a telephone. Thus, Elizabeth Eckford faced her day of school alone. As soon as she walked down the street, she began to realize that she was surrounded by a crowd. The crowd grew more and more aggressive towards her as time continued to pass. Eckford even recalled when an old woman with a kind face “spat at her” (Eckford). When she had finally arrived at the school, she was prohibited from entering. Governor

On dec 5 the civil rights leaders said to every black woman and man don't ride the bus to work, school or any place. Rosa Parks was trained to get arrested and she knew she was going to get arrested on that day.