Little Rock, Arkansas

First Day of Central High The first day that Melba Pattil was at Central High she had to be supported by the soldiers, because she wouldn’t have made it if the soldiers were not by her side. She was getting hit with things like acid and they were using bad language toward Melba as the soldiers were escorting her into the school. Caption about the picture above. As she walked into the school, she was so scared. Once her classes started, she was not treated right because the student…

Faubus became the national symbol of racial segregation. When he used Arkansas National guardsmen to block the enrollment of nine black children. That day they had been ordered by a federal judge to desegregate. People say that Governor Faubus action’s created a crisis with the President. You may call him D. Eisenhower, his…

During segregation many people were physically and mentally abused. A group called the Little Rock Nine was nine black students enrolled into a formerly all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas and they had to walk into that school brave, and trust it for their lives. On September 4 1957, as the nine black children were walking to school they were mobbed by white people being touched and yelled at with mean racial remarks and fearing for their young lives just trying to get an education. Many…

impact his/her answer. In Little Rock, Arkansas in the year 1957, sadly things were like this, African American kids could not enjoy school with other children of different races.This was the sole purpose of our entire unit. You see, we would have no clue about any of these things without various mediums, this includes photograph, video, text, and speech. We focus on a story called Little Rock 9, it was a situation where 9 African American children started attending Little Rock Central, a well…

Choices in Little Rock “Two, four, six, eight, we ain’t gonna integrate!” Screamed the mob surrounding the high school. Integration at Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas with the group known as, the Little Rock Nine, sparked many emotions and opinions out of people. The Little Rock Nine consisted of Melba Patillo (the main character of the book) and eight other brave teenagers. Throughout Warriors Don’t Cry many important figures in the book had the power at one point in time. Each…

Introduction George Silk photo of Little Rock Integration was taken on September 25th 1957. This piece is a part of Life Photo Collection located in New York, New York. I chose this artwork, because it reminds me of how hard it was for integration in the Deep South especially in my home state of Arkansas. My first impression is how much courage it took for nine African-American students to go against all odds and enter Central High on that day. Also, this shows me how hard it was to be black…

Little Rock, Arkansas is an area in the U.S. that is significantly located in the “deep south”. At the time of the riots and protests in 1957, America was seeing a change in its citizens perspectives and their distaste in the “established” laws of society and the constitution. This was the initial start to the racial protests and demonstrations that led to civil disobedience amongst African Americans. Unfortunately, the amount of racial tensions in, 1957, swayed the public’s opinion and…

In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck and Jim escape civilization together to float down to freedom on the Mississippi river. The river has its good times and bad ones to, but Huck pushes through like a good friend would. He also meets his childhood friend Tom but ultimately leaves all of this to go out west. Friendship plays a very important role; Huck develops many new friendships throughout the text including those with Jim, a runaway slave, Huck’s friend Tom Sawyer, from…

was offered a variety store called Ben Franklin in Newport, Arkansas. When the lease came up, the lease was not renewed. He then opened up a Walton’s Five and Dime store. Sam was very successful at selling high volume and low cost merchandise. His strategy was to have “The lowest Prices Anytime, Anywhere.” (Our History, 2016) The store is now a Walmart museum. In 1962, the Walton brothers opened up a new business in Rogers, Arkansas. The store was Walmart, the first of many stores to…

Introduction Piggly Wiggly has been known to many as the hometown grocery store since its debut in Tennessee back in 1916 (Piggly Wiggly, 2011). Clarence Saunders, the founder of Piggly Wiggly, developed a grocery store that was considered to be self sufficient and was considered the “first” for many of the things that patrons consider norms at any given grocery store now days. What patrons want the most from their shopping experience, though, isn’t the idea of supporting the small town grocer…