The Little Rock Nineat Little Rock Central High School

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General Information The nine Students Elizabeth Eckford First Day in School Videoclip Armed Escort The following time

General Information

African-American students who visit the the Little Rock Central High School in 1957

They were the first African-American students after the desegregation in 1954 who visited the Little Rock Central High School

They made history when they were prevented from entering the High School by the national guard of Arkansas at their first school day

Many white people demonstrated against the visit of the nine black students infront of the school

The mobs followed and insult them It came to conflicts between black & white people

infront of the school Only federal troops send by President Eisenhower

enabled a safe visit of the school What happened in the year 1957 in Little Rock is

one of the most important events in the African-American Civil Rights Movement

The nine Students

Ernest Green: First black student to graduate from Central High School

Elizabeth Eckford: The only one of the nine still living in Little Rock

Jefferson Thomas

Dr. Terrence Roberts: He earned a doctorate degree as clinical psychologist

Carlotta Walls Lanier

Minnijean Brown Trickey: Writer and social worker Winterstar Productions is presently filming a documentary on her life

Gloria Ray Karlmark

Thelma Mothershed-Wair

Melba Pattillo Beals: Author and former journalist for People magazine and NBC

''They moved closer and closer ... Somebody started yelling ... I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the crowd—someone who maybe could help. I looked into the face of an old woman and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she spat on me''.

Elizabeth Eckford describes the Walk through the white mob at her first school day

First Day in School At their first schoolday they were prevented from entering the High School

Mobs of white people demonstrated against desegregation and wanted to block the nine students from entering the school

Governor Orval Faubus send National Guard Troops of Arkansas to support the white Demonstrators

The nine students were followed by masses of people who insult them and spat on them

When African-American Reporters appeared the white people started to hit them

Videoclip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT9VRXwahz8&feature=related

Armed Escort President Eisenhower send

federal troops to enforce the situation

On the next day the nine students were protected by the troops and were able to enter the High School

After this the 101st Airborne Division transport the nine students every day from their home to school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSdLPNQSa4k&feature=related

A hard time

Physical and verbal abuse→ Melba Pattillo Beals had acid thrown in her eyes

→ Minnijean Brown Trickey gets suspended six days, because she dropped her lunch on a boy

→ she gets suspended for the whole year, because of more confrontation

„The lost year“

The following year all public school gets closed Re-opened as private schools for whites→ avoid Integration

After one year Federal court declared this unconstitutional

Only Jefferson Thomas and Carlotta Walls joined nine rock again

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entr

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