The Little Rock Nine
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to go to school and be the only one of your race? To be bullied and separated because you weren't a certain color? Thats what these nine students went through to go to an all white school called Little Rock. Keep reading to find out how they were treated and the struggles they went through to be there.
Before the little rock nine happened schools were way different. There were schools for white students, and there were schools for black people. It didn’t just happen at school, even around the towns the blacks and whites had separate things. The schools were also very unfair, the whites would get the nicest things within the school. The blacks would get old books that the whites …show more content…
Many of the states had laws that the schools had to have a separate school for whites and blacks. On May 17, 1954 there was actually a law that said white and blacks would go to school together. So many people were upset with this law that in 1955 the law was dropped. Schools went back to being interrogated by the law passed by court.
Elizabeth Eckford was the first one to arrive to Little Rock. She arrived at the school alone from riding the bus. The other eight were, Pulaski County, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Minnijean Brown, Melba Pattillo, Glory Ray, and Emest Green, which all arrived together that morning. The eight were drove by Bates, but they couldn't get a hold of Elizabeth because she did not have a telephone.
Elizabeth boarded the bus that morning at seven-thirty. When she got there she endured plenty of verbal harassment. When the other eight got there it didn't stop. Elizabeth was looking through the mob of people for someone who looked friendly. When she found someone the girl spit right in her face. The others were screaming to lynch lynch them and many other things. There was a guy named Jim Crow where if you actually look at pictures you can see him making fun of the
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to go to school and be the only one of your race? To be bullied and separated because you weren't a certain color? Thats what these nine students went through to go to an all white school called Little Rock. Keep reading to find out how they were treated and the struggles they went through to be there.
Before the little rock nine happened schools were way different. There were schools for white students, and there were schools for black people. It didn’t just happen at school, even around the towns the blacks and whites had separate things. The schools were also very unfair, the whites would get the nicest things within the school. The blacks would get old books that the whites …show more content…
Many of the states had laws that the schools had to have a separate school for whites and blacks. On May 17, 1954 there was actually a law that said white and blacks would go to school together. So many people were upset with this law that in 1955 the law was dropped. Schools went back to being interrogated by the law passed by court.
Elizabeth Eckford was the first one to arrive to Little Rock. She arrived at the school alone from riding the bus. The other eight were, Pulaski County, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Minnijean Brown, Melba Pattillo, Glory Ray, and Emest Green, which all arrived together that morning. The eight were drove by Bates, but they couldn't get a hold of Elizabeth because she did not have a telephone.
Elizabeth boarded the bus that morning at seven-thirty. When she got there she endured plenty of verbal harassment. When the other eight got there it didn't stop. Elizabeth was looking through the mob of people for someone who looked friendly. When she found someone the girl spit right in her face. The others were screaming to lynch lynch them and many other things. There was a guy named Jim Crow where if you actually look at pictures you can see him making fun of the