Who was involved in the little rock nine?
One of the people involved in the little rock nine was Elizabeth Eckford. She was an excellent black high school student chosen to attend Little Rock's Central High School. Eckford was a young advanced seamstress. When she was asked to attend Central High governor fabus sent in the national guards to stop her and the other nine. Along with the guards, there were angry mobs as well. When Elizabeth eckford realized she had missed the other 8, she was already being assaulted. A women named Grace Lorch tried NAACP tried desperately to help Eckford. The angry mob soon changed its course and started to attack Benjamin. Melba Pattilo was member of the little rock nine and was turned around by guards.
Ernest Green
In 1958, he became the first black student to graduate from Central High School. He graduated from Michigan State University and served as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs under President Jimmy Carter. He currently is a managing partner and vice president of Lehman Brothers in Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Eckford
The only one of the nine still living in Little Rock, Elizabeth made a career of the U.S. Army that included work as a journalist. In 1974, she returned to the home in which she grew up and is now a part-time social worker and mother of two sons.
Jefferson Thomas
He graduated from Central in 1960, following a year in which Little Rock's public high schools were ordered closed by the legislature to prevent desegregation. Today, he is an accountant with the U.S. Department of Defense and lives in Anaheim, Calif.
Dr. Terrence Roberts
Following the historic year at Central, his family moved to Los Angeles where he completed high school. He earned a doctorate degree and teaches at the University of California at Los Angeles and Antioch College. He also is a clinical psychologist.
Carlotta Walls Lanier
One of only three of the nine who eventually graduated from Central, she and Jefferson Thomas returned for their senior year in 1959. She graduated from Michigan State University and presently lives in Englewood, Colorado, where she is in real estate.
Minnijean Brown Trickey
She was expelled from Central High in February, 1958, after several incidents, including her dumping a bowl of chili on one of her antagonists in the school cafeteria. She moved with her husband to Canada during the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s and today is a writer and social worker in Ontario. Winterstar Productions is presently filming a documentary on her life.
Gloria Ray Karlmark
She graduated from Illinois Technical College and received a post-graduate degree in Stockholm, Sweden. She was a prolific computer science writer and at one time successfully published magazines in 39 countries. Now retired, she divides her time between homes in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Stockholm, where her husband's family lives.
Melba Patilo
At age 12, when Melba Pattillo read about the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, she was hopeful her life would change. She had grown up attending separate and inferior Black schools. She daydreamed about attending the all-white Central High.
Thelma Mothershed
She graduated from Central in 1960, following a year in which Little Rock's public high schools were ordered closed by the legislature to prevent desegregation.
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govener Faubus
- national guards
- president Eisenhower
What were the main issues?
When the little rock nine tried to enter into the school they were blocked by guards under order of governor Faubus to turn them around. Also Elizabeth eckford missed the other eight because she had no phone to be contacted by. When she arrived she was turned around by mobs alone. Then as the anger up raged president Eisenhower gave new commands and told the national guards to escort the little rock nine to the school so they could attend. Integration of the school was there major issue and was almost impossible. Then as the integration carried out it broke into Brown v. board. Also the NAACP had lawyers that sued to prevent Faubus from blocking the nine. It was in 1957 when they integrated public schools. The integration started in high school and worked its way down to elementary school and Brown v. board. All of this wasn't a smooth transition. It also took three years for the blacks to work out a plan to try and integrate the public high schools.
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Were did the events take place?
The places were the events of the little rock nine took place was Little Rock Arkansas. These events took place at the central high school and the areas of the town of Little Rock. Also some of the events took place in DC were president Eisenhower was making the orders for the national guards. Also some of the events took place at the home o governor Faubus.
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When did the events take place?
The events of the little rock nine and the integration of central high school took place in the year 1957. When the nine were actually sent to school it was September 2, 1957. The earlier discussed brown v board took place in 1954. The athourations of the little rock nine took 3 years to plan. So it was though of around 1955.
1) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/images/2007/05/08/1957_0924_lrock.jpg 2) http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Chev/1957/A/1957ChevroletandChevroletW/images/1957Chevrolet-01.jpg
Why did it happen????
The supreme had just passed the law that all schools must be integrated. The Little Rock Nine took advantage of that, by going to an all white school. Governor Fabus disagreed with schools being integrated. Then President Eisenhower sent in Federal troops to stop riots. Which then led to Governor Fabus giving-up and letting the nine black students remain at Central High.
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