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    Blacks integrate the school Alex Cole Spencer Little Rock Central High school- The very first high school to integrate white and black students. On the morning of September 23, 1957 was when the Little Rock Nine first came to the school. The Little Rock Nine were stopped by armed guards and a mob of protesters. The guards were sent by Governor Oral Faubus. Mob surrounding one of the Little Rock NIne students Orval Faubus claims the blacks do not belong in the whites schools. The black students not only stopped by guards but, white mobs screaming racial slurs. “Go home nigger we don’t want you here”. “We are going to going to hang you.” 101st AIrborne Alex Cole Spencer 101st Airborne is an infantry division who works for the United States…

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    He was personal property not a citizen and he had no rights to sue in court. They also ruled that the government had no legal right to interfere with the institution of slavery. The pro slavery people were encouraged and started making plans to expand slavery into all of the western states. This action made tension grown and helped to start the Civil War. A little further ahead in history, came the Civil Rights Act of 1875. A biracial Congress passed the Civil Rights Act. It protected all…

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    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…

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    segregationist opinions grow stronger. After this Crisis, the public schools in Little Rock did not remain open for the rest of the school year in order to stall further desegregation. This year is known as “The Lost Year,” because children who could not afford private school or arrange to attend schools outside the city lost a year of education. This included the eight teens of the Little Rock Nine. For the remainder of the 1950’s the Civil Rights Movement searched for a follow-up to this…

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    Life changing experiences impact people through their lives and their society as to their decisions. The life changing experiences are stated in “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals, “I Never Had It Made” by Jackie Robinson, “The Father Of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maskel who is referring to Feng Ru. Melba Pattillo Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru all encountered life changing experiences to impact their lives and countries. Melba Pattillo Beals, an African American, changed…

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    Blumberg provides a description of Daisy Bates, her actions and the integration of Little Rock Nine as well provides the background information of the critical ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education. However, while Blumberg’s work provides strengths such as detailed analysis of what a social movement is and provides readers…

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    Pattillo Beals was part of the Little Rock Nine who helped integrate Central High School and while doing so, went through life changing events that changed her country. Some events that challenged her were soldiers guarding her from entering her school, verbal racial slurs, and physical threats from white people. She responded to these events by being more confident in wanting to integrate Central High School with soldiers around her and also going to school. When she was going to school with…

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    In paragraph 16 the text states “Proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring justice to a Little Rock girl like me, but sad that they had to go to such great lengths.” This quote shows how she was helping to improve civil rights but at the cost of significant danger and anger from protesters against integration. The events challenged Beals because she faced racism and in doing this she grew and developed character. In paragraph 18 the text states “Step by step we climbed…

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    This event challenged Beals because she faced racial tension and that caused her to build confidence and character. As a result of these events and challenges, Beals developed pride in her country and the understanding of the sacrifice America made for equal rights. Beals responded to the events by enduring racism and persevering through the challenges of equality. This is shown in paragraph eighteen,”We stepped up the front door of Central High School and crossed the threshold into that place…

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    while agreeing with these views, I would rather see the millennials as go-getters, respectful, productive, confident, and focused. In this response essay, I have attempted to examine some of the key issues raised about the millennials by Joel Stein in his article “The New Greatest Generation: Why Millennials Will Save Us All” as well as those raised by Jean Twenge in his commentary, the “Generation Me”. But who are the millennials? Although defined differently by different people, millennials…

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