Little Rock Nine Sociology

To live in a time and place where people are divided into two different groups and are not treated equal to one another, must have been a very difficult thing to process when your group isn’t the better half. When this time was a time when people truly believed that segregation was the best option to follow to the view that it was much safer for them and their loved ones must have been a very difficult time for the all the African Americans whose rights were denied to them and their loved ones for wanting a better education and a better life for themselves and others. When you live in a place like this, a place so poor of character it must cause you pain for not being allowed a life to live and prosper just as they do on a daily basis. Within …show more content…
On September 20th, Judge Davies withdraws the state militia from Central High School and orders them to leave completely, leaving the Little Rock police department to carry on with the protection of the students and to sustain the vicious crowd. That day the nine African Americans who daringly entered Central High School were then nicknamed the Little Rock Nine. Throughout this time as the Little Rock Nine attempted to have a full day of classes as they made an entrance into the school an alarming threatening riot had broken out. The same instant that the nine had entered was the same instant that they also had to exit due to the lack of protection from all around and therefore had to leave immediately through the back of the …show more content…
On September 25 with the help of 11,500 soldiers the Little Rock Nine finally entered and attended a full first day of class at Central High School. The riot began to get bigger, but with the service of the army, they helped maintain control and successfully helped the first day in history of taking desegregation into action and allowed for it to finally be applied and used in the U.S. after days and days of struggle to comply with the law. As Daisy Bates, who was the NAACP president at the time once said, “Anytime it takes 11,500 soldiers to assure nine Negro children their constitutional rights in a democratic society, I can’t be happy.” this stating that it is unbelievable that an inhuman crowd would riot to prevent the privilege of a certain group and take it to extreme lengths that this fearless group be denied of their rights. The Little Rock Nine regardless of all the hatred around them managed to stay unfearful and create a momentous day in