In 1954 when the United States Supreme Court ruled towards the separation of educational facilities being unequal in the Brown v. Board of Education case, a bit after nine young African Americans enrolled in a Little Rock Central High School. This phenomenon caused chaos all over little rocks community due to the fact that no individual wanted to desegregate. Therefore, with the cause of desegregation in public school the Arkansas National Guard and white mobs gather in front of the school and prevent the black students from entering. The Little Rock nine students fearing escalating mob violence still managed to get from home to school with the help of the Airborne Division that was sent to protect the students. As the school year came to an end Ernest Green became the first African American to graduate from Little Rock Central High. The Little Rock Nine were a great contribution towards the integration of the Arkansas public school system, as the next school year approached
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Bell states that “serious differences between whites are often resolved through compromise that sacrifice the rights of blacks” (Bell,27) as seen with the nine students; these students sacrificed their rights and tolerated hatred, discrimination and abuse by the white supremacy just to get an education. The little Rock nine play a big role in this course because it implements the rights that were broken towards black students. For Example, in week 4 colorblindness states the argument that whatever the intention towards racial classification suspects must deeply undergo a very strict judicial scrutiny (Bell,131). Therefore, in the case of The Little Rock Nine, these individuals were put towards many barriers that intended to subordinate and discriminate because of the color of their
Bell states that “serious differences between whites are often resolved through compromise that sacrifice the rights of blacks” (Bell,27) as seen with the nine students; these students sacrificed their rights and tolerated hatred, discrimination and abuse by the white supremacy just to get an education. The little Rock nine play a big role in this course because it implements the rights that were broken towards black students. For Example, in week 4 colorblindness states the argument that whatever the intention towards racial classification suspects must deeply undergo a very strict judicial scrutiny (Bell,131). Therefore, in the case of The Little Rock Nine, these individuals were put towards many barriers that intended to subordinate and discriminate because of the color of their