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Little Rock Nine Research Paper

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If two people of different races are just alike you shouldn’t separate them. But you also shouldn’t tell one part of the story to make something or someone look good. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case came up with the famous quote “separate but equal” Meaning things could be separated between races as long as each race had all the same things. Particularly in this case between Blacks and Whites, but in schools, restaurants, and many other places it wasn’t equal. So there was a case called Brown vs. Board of Education which fought to integrate schools and Brown won. The first to integrate was the Little Rock Nine in Little Rock, Arkansas. While the Little Rock Nine were integrating the press illuminated and distorted information and pictures of the …show more content…

There’s tons of ways to get info out, but in a picture of the book Little Rock Girl it illuminates some of the harsh things that happened in the south. On pg. six Elizabeth one of the Little Rock Nine got stuck in a crowd on her way to school the first day. Segregationist were yelling and pushing her. This illuminates that some people in the south are crazy. Many people’s reaction to was to have sympathy for blacks because they were being treated so poorly. Back in the 1900’s newspaper was used a lot more than it is today considering we have so much technology. In A Mighty Long Way there was tons of stories about the Little Rock Nine. On pg. 113 Carlotta says “I picked up the Gazette and saw a story it said Associated Press ranked Little Rock Nine as the top story of the year” This is very significant because it showed how important it was to integrate considering taking that stand wasn't easy. After all this the Little Rock Nine gained some celebrity status and they were rewarded for their acts. Therefore, the media has many ways of illuminating things and showing how important it is to address certain

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