The Little Rock Nine Research Paper

In the book Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, the author describes what her reactions and feelings are to the racial hatred and discrimination she and eight other African-American teenagers received in Little Rock, Arkansas during the desegregation period in 1957. She tells the story of the nine students from the time she turned sixteen years old and began keeping a diary until her final days at Central High School in Little Rock. The story begins by Melba talking about the anger, hatred, and sadness that is brought up upon her first return to Central High for a reunion with her eight other classmates. As she walks through the halls and rooms of the old school, she recalls the

At this school, education was not thought of as a priority, at least not academic education. Instead, students educated themselves on the hippest trends of the streets. For example, if you wanted to make it through Waters without being made fun of or “joned,” you had to wear what was socially acceptable in the black community, you had have your hair a certain way, you had to wear certain types of shoes from certain stores, and you even had to walk a certain way in order to show how much influence you had.

Did you know that without the Little Rock Nine our schools might still be segregated. The Little Rock Nine were the first black students to attend a white school. Parents and the Governor of Arkansas tried to keep the schools segregated. President Eisenhower found out of this, and sent help to the black students. With the white parents and governor against the; The Little Rock Nine affected the school system with the help of President Eisenhower.

If the Little Rock Nine wasn't integrating then the press / media would have nothing to share with the world. The media mostly ask questions like “What do you think about going to school at Central High?” and “How the students treating you there?”. When the media shared the information about the Little Rock Nine somehow the segregationists found out where Melba lived and threatened to kill her, trying to scare her from going to Central High, to keep power. The Little Rock Nine gave the media something to write about and to share Nationwide, which made others appreciate what the Little Rock Nine was going

Over thousands of blacks were discriminated in the 1950s because of their skin color. Blacks and whites were prohibited to go to the same school just because of their skin color. However, in the year of 1957 the Little Rock Nine were the first nine black students that integrated to Central High. If this group of people didn’t have the courage to attend Central High our schools would be extremely different today.

The state named "Oklahoma" is named after a Muskogean Indian word, which originated from the words oklah homma, which translates to English and means red people. During the early 1800's to 1900's, Oklahoma developed greatly. From the first Native Americans, to the first white Americans, they all migrated west for different reasons, until Oklahoma became a state. When they developed a society, their economic practices, which are still used today, shaped the future of Oklahoma.

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.

Melba Patillo was kicked, beat up, and had acid thrown in her face. At some point during school white students burned an African-American effigy in a vacant lot across from the school.

Rafael Espinosa Ms. Fletcher English 1-2, Per.5 05 May 2017 The Integration of the Little Rock Nine Who were the Little Rock Nine and why were they so important during the Civil Rights Movement? The Little Rock Nine was a group of African American students who integrated into a segregated high school in Arkansas. This event was the start Civil Rights Movement in 1957. In this essay, I will discuss, Little Rock Nine, how the Little Rock Nine impacted the Civil Rights Movement, and how discrimination and forms of exclusion in schools still exist in today’s society. In 1957, a group of African American students dubbed the Little Rock Nine integrated into the segregated high school, Little Rock Central.These braved students faced tremendous amounts

California was a land with many possibilities at least that’s what the forty niners thought. In 1848 the gold deposits of California were discovered and the news spread across the world. But on December 5 1848 the president of the United States gave a speech about the gold to encourage western expansion. About 53,000 americans traveled to California during the gold rush. The forty niners had to face many challenges on their way to California such as their journey over sea, their journey over land, and how they were going to make money.

The Little Rock Nine were nine African Americans who went to the all white Central High school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school opened in 1927 and was originally called Little Rock Senior High School. The African Americans enrolled in September in 1957. The Little Rock Nine were Ernest Green, born in 1941, Elizabeth Eckford, born in 1941, Jefferson Thomas, born and died 1942- 2010, Terrence Roberts, born 1941, Gloria Ray Karlmark, born 1942, Melba Pattillo Beals, born 1941, Thelma Mothershed, born 1940, Carlotta Walls, born 1942, and Minnijean Brown, born 1941.

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

Some of the difficulties that Melba witnessed and experienced during the 1957 integration efforts of the “Little Rock 9” are when in chapter two after they made the decision on Brown v Board of Education when Melba was walking home after school a white man attempted to kidnap and assault and possibly rape Melba just because she was a young black girl.

How did Elizabeth Eckford stay at Central High after all the things people did to her? In the 1950’s, the United State Supreme Court ruled that all schools must be integrated, thus ending the segregation of schools in the Southern States. Elizabeth was one of the nine African American students to be the first to attend Central High in Little Rock Arkansas. It had been an all-white school up to this point. Many people were upset and angry about integrating the schools. Evidence shown by a nonfiction article called “Elizabeth Eckford” by Scope Magazine confirms that Ms.Eckford was courageous because she had bravery and persevered.

As melba goes through her integration journey, she learns how to react to the kids that harass her. When she first started the school year, she let the kids words hurt her and she suffered everyday. After realizing how hard her year will be, she says “It's hard being with little rock white people. I don't know if i can do this integration thing forever.(109) Melba still stays strong and keeps going to Central High. Melba receives many threats while being harassed by the kids. Melba had flaming papers thrown on her and the kids trapped her in the bathroom when someone yelled”did you think were gonna let niggers use our toilets? Well burn you alive girl”. The kids try to scare Melba out of the school but Melba does not quit. Melba learns how