A Changing World
Volume 1
The Fight to Integrating 1957
The Fight at Central High School
Integration is taking place at Central High School in Little Rock AR. There are 9 students that volunteered to integrate Center High School. The 9 students had to report to the school September 4, 1957 to attempt their first day at Central High School. The 9 students that volunteered to integrate at Center High are Melba Patillo, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Karlmark, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Dr. Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Trickey, and Thelma Mothershed.
The Little Rock, Arkansas school board adopted a plan for gradual integration of its schools. THe first institutions to integrate would take place at the high schools beginning in September 1957. Daisy Bates and others from the Arkansas NAACP carefully …show more content…
by Sydney Campbell
In September 1957 the world changed for these 9 students integrating Central High. Melba Patillo, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Karlmark, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Dr. Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Trickey, and Thelma Mothershed were the first 9 students to ever integrate. It took them more than 1 try to get into Central High because of the hate and them not being wanted. The 9 students attended meetings daily to fight for integration.
The police escorted the students into the high school’s side door unnoticed. Outside, the mob learns of the students entrance and starts to get mad and aggressive. The day before classes begin for the new school year, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus summons the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High and block and attempts of the 9 students entering. The 9 students integrating goal was to get into the
Volume 1
The Fight to Integrating 1957
The Fight at Central High School
Integration is taking place at Central High School in Little Rock AR. There are 9 students that volunteered to integrate Center High School. The 9 students had to report to the school September 4, 1957 to attempt their first day at Central High School. The 9 students that volunteered to integrate at Center High are Melba Patillo, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Karlmark, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Dr. Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Trickey, and Thelma Mothershed.
The Little Rock, Arkansas school board adopted a plan for gradual integration of its schools. THe first institutions to integrate would take place at the high schools beginning in September 1957. Daisy Bates and others from the Arkansas NAACP carefully …show more content…
by Sydney Campbell
In September 1957 the world changed for these 9 students integrating Central High. Melba Patillo, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Karlmark, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Dr. Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Trickey, and Thelma Mothershed were the first 9 students to ever integrate. It took them more than 1 try to get into Central High because of the hate and them not being wanted. The 9 students attended meetings daily to fight for integration.
The police escorted the students into the high school’s side door unnoticed. Outside, the mob learns of the students entrance and starts to get mad and aggressive. The day before classes begin for the new school year, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus summons the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High and block and attempts of the 9 students entering. The 9 students integrating goal was to get into the