One of the most valuable and necessary qualities of an upstander is compassion. Dr. Benjamin Fine, a news reporter during the Central High integration, acted as an upstander by telling the rest of the world about what was happening in Little Rock, Arkansas. He also acted as an upstander when Elizabeth Eckford was being attacked while trying to enter Central High. When he saw what was happening he wrote, “[I] put my arm around her, lifting her chin, saying, ‘Don’t let them see you cry.’ Maybe she reminded me of my fifteen-year-old daughter, Jill.” He continued to act as an upstander when he and Mrs. Grace Lorch took her across the street to a drugstore. He stayed with Elizabeth while Mrs. Lorch tried to go inside to call a cab. When they couldn’t
