The Little Rock Nine at Little Rock Central High School

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The Little Rock Nineat Little Rock
Central High School
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Structure

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

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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

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• 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

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

• 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 crowdsomeone 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''.
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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

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Videoclip
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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

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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

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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

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Sources

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine
• http//de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine
• http//encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/ent
  ry-detail.aspx?entryID723
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