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concerning African Americans that still show up in our present today. The Little Rock Nine, staged in 1957, proves that we are not that far away from our previous actions against a different race. In the American heritage and main structure of government, it says that all men are created equal. This paper will tell of the Little Rock Nine and their struggle, and how it has changed America for the better. The Little Rock Nine started out as nine students just signing up for a school. They never

unconstitutional. Three years later, there were 517 African Americans eligible to attend Central High School, of them only eighty expressed interest in wanting to do so. After that, of those eighty kids only 17 were sent to the first of Central High School. Two days later the students from Little Rock try to enter their new school, but are turned away by the national guard. “Not until September 1960, did the NAACP, with its tenacious legal work, force Central High to open to integration once more—but

were about to bring an unexpected change. The memoir Warriors don’t cry by Melba Pattillo Beals shed light on the situation. The focus point of this story is the little rock nine who were at the center of all the hate and support for integration. The blacks and whites each had their own point of view on the idea of integrating these kids into a white school. They would be the deciding factor of whether these nine African Americans would make it through the school year. It was obvious that most blacks

Little Rock Nine On September 25, 2017, former President Bill Clinton opened the doors of Little Rock High School in Arkansas for the 40th reunion of the “Little Rock Nine.” Forty years ago, the desegregation of the school shook the nation. Nine African American teenagers decided to take a stand and do the unimaginable. Melba Pattillo Beals, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Thelma Mothershed, and Terrence Roberts were the tenacious students

Warriors Don't Cry : Searing Memoir of Battle to Integrate Little Rock The Brown vs. Board of Education Doctrine states, “ We conclude in the field of Education the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth

all-white Central High School, marking what is known as today as the Little Rock Nine. The U.S. Supreme Court declared desegregation of public schools due to the decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. On the first day of school, the Central High Principal called the Arkansas National Guard to block the black students from entering the high school. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school later that September. Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth

Little Rock Nine On September 25, 2017, former President Bill Clinton opened the doors of Little Rock High School in Arkansas for the 40th reunion of the “Little Rock Nine.” Forty years ago, the desegregation of the school shook the nation. Nine African American teenagers decided to take a stand and do the unimaginable. Melba Pattillo Beals, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Thelma Mothershed, and Terrence Roberts were the tenacious students

101st Airborne Division Guards to protect the kids. The choice had angered many, so the 101st Airborne Division Guards were sent away to be replaced by the lousy National Guards, and for many months Melba and the others endured the same ugly treatment everyday with no true protection.

Boston Schools start a week late. Little Rock also start late because of the safety of the students. The seniors at Boston High School do not get all the special senior activities. “The seniors really feel bad. You have your school ring and there won’t be any prom, there’s nothing going on

May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme Court decided to integrate public school in the Brown v. Board of education case(Jacoway). One year later they reiterated its ruling to desegregate the schools with all deliberate speed. With this law past, Little Rock decided to put a plan in action that would eventually take place three years later(Jacoway). The school Superintendent Virgil Blossom came up with a three phase plan, called the Blossom Plane(Fitzgerald 23). For the first phase only 10th-12th grades