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Strong Sources In 1957, many white people discriminated blacks because of their skin color. Throughout the South white people thought that blacks were a lesser race than them. The segregation laws stated that the blacks had to have everything separated, but this was only in the South. The blacks had separate drinking fountains, normally they were not as good as the white’s, separate bathrooms, and separate waiting rooms in separate hospitals. The Little Rock Nine were one of the first black kids to desegregate into Central High School. They are Carlotta Walls, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Beals. Although the song “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” gives some detail evidence, the book, also known as A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School , and the photos allows us to see what life was like and read about what happened to the Little Rock Nine. …show more content…
Carlotta Walls said, “The insults were plentiful, hurled from every corner of the halls like rocks-n-word…baboon...you think you’re white,” (Chapter 6 Page 103). This shows that the Little Rock Nine got a lot of verbal insults that really affected them. One of them quit on the first day because that was how bad it was. Some of the Nine stated, “That for them, each day was a war. For me, it was an internal battle,” (Chapter 6 Page 99). The Little Rock Nine had to fight against themselves to not fight back because of the name calling, the spitting and the mobs. The book, A Mighty Long Way, can tell people what the Little Rock Nine went
Throughout the American South, of many Negro’s childhood, the system of segregation determined the patterns of life. Blacks attended separate schools from whites, were barred from pools and parks where whites swam and played, from cafes and hotels where whites ate and slept. On sidewalks, they were expected to step aside for whites. It took a brave person to challenge this system, when those that did suffered a white storm of rancour. Affronting this hatred, with assistance from the Federal Government, were nine courageous school children, permitted into the 1957/8 school year at Little Rock Central High. The unofficial leader of this band of students was Ernest Green.
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 horrible acts of violence that were committed by the white students against her and her friends.
In 1950's America, there was a uprising that would sculpt the world into the place we now inhabit. The particular event in question is one concerning the black communities plight in 1950's America, with names such such as Rosa Parks, Emmett Till and (most importantly), Elizabeth Eckford Heading the list of names who took a stand, and, in turn, made America the place it is today. As the years went by, details of the many riots the segregation incurred were documented. The focus of this essay will be on a particular documentation titled 'The Long Shadow of Little Rock', a book published in 1962 on what happened to Elizabeth Eckford in Little Rock, Arkansas. However, just what can we learn from this Document?
Board of Education, Melba Pattillo Beals will always be known as one of the first black students to go to a white school. Her race have hoped of this for years now, and the Little Rock Nine had made it with the support of the general army. People went as far as to hurt them, resulting as far for the government to support nine black students. This is what it takes to charge forward, or to hit a home run like Jackie Robinson.
Beals made history When the Governor of the State didn’t let the Blacks into the High School so the President sent the Soldier of the 101st to the state to escort them through the mob of Angry Whites. During this people shouted ugly words,, raised their fist to the Blacks, and Looked horrified of the Blacks while Beals and the Other Little Rock nine were getting escorted through the Town to the School. Beals said ‘’Some of the White people looked horrified, While others raised their fist, others shouted ugly Words,’’ Beals reaction to this is she felt sad and proud she felt proud that the country would do all of this to escort them to the school but Beals was sad that they had to go to such great lengths. Beals said that ‘’She was proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring justice to a little tock Girl like me but sad that they had to go to such great lengths.’’ Then the Soldiers of the 101st made a protective cocoon, and escorted them through the mob of Whites that did not want the blacks to be in there society. How this event affected the society is when Beals went to school with other Whites she broke a little more of the Color Barrier. To Conclude Melba Beals changed the mind of some of the Whites, and break the color
Despite the horrors the Nine faced in Little Rock, these nine students showed true bravery and stood up to those who tried to stop them from getting their education. They created an example to others, a beacon of hope to the oppressed African-Americans, and helped pave the way for a future without racial segregation.
The Little Rock Nine were part of a broad movement for civil rights that started in 1865 with the 13th amendment and still continues today. Many prominent figures emerged at the forefront of the cause such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, but the Little Rock Nine advanced civil rights in education by beginning the effort to desegregate schools. Their legacy still lives on as one of bravery and perseverance.
Eventually, a federal court ordered Central High School in Little Rock to begin admitting black students in 1957 in order to begin the state's process of desegregation. Melba saw this as the perfect opportunity to make a difference in her hometown. She was one of nine courageous students who decided to attend the all-white Central High School. Although all the students knew it would not be easy to be the first black students to integrate, it was a lot more strenuous and difficult than anyone of them had imagined.
September 4, 1957 was the date set for the Little Rock Nine to enter into Central High School. While making their way to find the others, Melba and her mother spotted Elizabeth, one of the nine, standing in the midst of a screaming mob. There were national guards towering over her, but none seemed to do anything to stop the threats. Although Elizabeth was frightened, she still tried to enter the school. Elizabeth tried finding a way into the school but, “Each time she approached, the soldiers closed ranks, shutting her out” (Beal 36). The National Guard was told by Governor Faub...
Charles Starkweather was from a respectable hard-working family in Lincoln, Nebraska. Though they were not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, the Starkweathers always provided for their large family. As a child, Starkweather suffered from several ailments that made him different and a target of bullies (Allen, 2004). In fact, he used his physical strength to get back at many of his childhood bullies. He was able to release much of the anger he held inside when he was able to physically bully those that had bullied him. Overall, Starkweather lived much of his life as a social outcast and blamed many of his problems on his inability to “blend-in” with his peers.
Also, although Little Rock was seen as a success, as the President was behind the blacks, after the incident was over, Governor Faubus closed all schools in Little Rock until 1959 as he would prefer there to be no schools than desegregated schools. This shows that there was always a way for the whites to get around desegregation without much attention being paid to it.
The parents of the seven Carter children, Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter, wanted more than a life of picking cotton for long hours and endless days for their children. When the “Freedom of Choice Act” gave them an opportunity to put their children into white schools, at the time the better schools, Mae Bertha and Matthew immediately decided that their children would attend all white schools in the following school year. Little did they know “they would be the only ones-the only black children to board the bus, the only black children to walk up the steps and through the doors of white schools” (4). That didn’t stop them though, on the morning of September 7, 1965 all seven Carter children boarded the bus for what would end up being years of torment, but also resulted in a monumental time in history. Even though this family had to face desegregating schools alone with no other black family by their side, they did it and they succeeded. A preacher in...
The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who enrolled in Little Rock Central High, a previously segregated school. On September 4, 1957, the first day of school, Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas called in the National Guard to keep the black students out (defying the federal government). The nine had made plans to go to the school together, but Elizabeth Eckford had not gotten the message. The white mobs would have killed her if one of the women had not led her away to a near by bus stop. Calling the mob’s actions ‘disgraceful’, President Eisenhower called out the 101st Airborne division to escort the children into the school. Although the children were escorted to their classes by federal troops, they still suffered through
A local stationmaster was told the “attack” by the white hobos that had been thrown off of the train. This stationmaster wired ahead to the next stationmaster to let him know of the situation. As the train slowed down and came to a stop in Paint Rock, Alabama, those that were accused of the future crime had no telling what they were going to be up against. Once in Paint Rock, 9 black youths were rounded up, tied together and taken to prison in Scottsboro Al. Here the boys were placed in a jail cell awaiting their charges. Little did they know an additional charge was going to be added that never even crossed their minds.
“Stuff they had in seventh grade and eighth grades, we were just getting as junior and seniors in black school” Teachers would either not have the materials to be able to teach or intentionally teach slow so the African American kids would have a more difficult time in life. At this time in the south schools were kept separate. Schools up north had already integrated prior because racism was not as much a problem as it was in the south. Little Rock was one of the first schools in Alabama to integrate black and whites into the same school. Little Rock admitted nine African American students giving it the name “The Little Rock Nine”. After the federal law was passed by the supreme court in 1964 allowing black students to go to the school of their choice, nothing happened for three long years. The governor of Alabama (Orval Faubus) employed the national guard to blockade the school only admitted white students. This went on until President Eisenhower deployed the 101st Airborne Division. The national guard backed off and the nine students would attend school. In the beginning it was smooth sailing. People for the most part would not pick on the blacks. This was only because an armed guard would accompany them to and from classes. As time went on there would be less and less security. People would begin to pick on the kid. Most of the time it was