Fighting Back Summary

The Documentary from Eyes on The Prize episode Fighting Back is a documentary from the civil rights era. This documentary focuses on a main issue from the civil rights era and the issue that is the main focus in this documentary is the beginning of integration of school and the many struggles black students from Little Rock, Arkansas had to face. Before they all began integration at the school school a student named Autherine Lucy was accepted into the University of Alabama. She was accepted into the school but she was not allowed to attend because of the horrible harassment she had endure in school. She then was suspended from the university or her own safety. She did not see this as fair and she decided to sue the school. She sued the

They began to slowly desegregate schools. Little Rock’s Central High School was an example to do this. They had nine students that were going to begin attending the high school. The governor called for the National guard to “restore the peace and good order.” The nine students were harassed and threatened on their way to school. This caused a very extreme situation that President Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock. After the troops were sent the students were escorted to the school by the troops.Ernest Green graduated that year and was very relieved to have been able to do

I knew that there were nine students who were integrated into these schools. This documentary showed a more in depth view of the students. There is a part of the documentary where they are having Thanksgiving dinner and each student is saying what they are thankful for. This part of the documentary was my favorite. It was my favorite because even though these students have to endure such hatred, they are somehow still able to be positive and be thankful for things in their lives. Something else that stood out to me was an interview with 2 girls. I found that interview very interesting because these girl were different. They did not mind that these students were attending their schools. They knew that, integration was something that had to happen and they had found a way to accept