“Although the laws of segregation have been removed, they still exist in real life and memories of all affected by them.” This is a quote by Ellen Ingebritsen, a graduate from Amherst College and a current research assistant in the Martin Luther King Jr. wing of Stanford University in California. Suffering from harsh and inhumane segregation and inequalities that made them barely able to slip by, African American peoples have had rocky lives. The struggles were not only before the Civil Rights Movement, but the road to and from it as well. Most of the colored community has had a harsh journey from being considered property instead of people, to having near equal opportunities. This is why Little Rock Nine and Central High were major to not
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Eventually, the students were beginning to be accepted. It wasn't as new, so the white students began to accept it, and although they were not yet equal, they were not treated as poorly. A few years later, all with only one exception graduated from Central High. Ernest Greene graduated first, while Martin Luther King Junior attended his graduation (Ingebritsen). The only one of the Nine that did not graduate was Minnijean Brown. She was suspended for pouring chili on the head of a white boy and was later expelled for referring to a girl as “white trash” (Winfrey). Although Brown was alone in retaliation, everything that happened during this time assisted in solving one of the most intense issues of all …show more content…
They were known to be incredible marvels, but they had to do as they were told, being unable to fight back while the world observed. The struggle of not only people before, but also the Little Rock Nine was important in allowing integration into almost all schools America today. As Nelson Mandela once said, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its
Eventually, the students were beginning to be accepted. It wasn't as new, so the white students began to accept it, and although they were not yet equal, they were not treated as poorly. A few years later, all with only one exception graduated from Central High. Ernest Greene graduated first, while Martin Luther King Junior attended his graduation (Ingebritsen). The only one of the Nine that did not graduate was Minnijean Brown. She was suspended for pouring chili on the head of a white boy and was later expelled for referring to a girl as “white trash” (Winfrey). Although Brown was alone in retaliation, everything that happened during this time assisted in solving one of the most intense issues of all …show more content…
They were known to be incredible marvels, but they had to do as they were told, being unable to fight back while the world observed. The struggle of not only people before, but also the Little Rock Nine was important in allowing integration into almost all schools America today. As Nelson Mandela once said, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its