Little Rock Nine

Critical note Following the height of the Little Rock Crisis, english singer, Paul McCartney, most commonly known for his work with The Beatles, unleashed a sweet anthemic jam, which emphasizes and conceptualizes the idea of freedom and hope. The 1968 release of the song “Blackbird” was inspired by the racial tensions that exploded in America, especially cases such as the 1957 issue of the Little Rock Nine and the montgomery bus boycott. The song manifests and creates a strong but subtle…

evidence of unrest and unhappiness over individual rights. While many attribute the growth of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement to the strong rhetoric of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and the extraordinary bravery of both Rosa Parks and the Little Rock Nine, it was actually the awareness raised during World War II, the propaganda of the Cold War and the anger surrounding the Vietnam War that created widespread unrest prompting changes in the laws and behaviors regarding…

The Little Rock nine started in the summer of 1957 with the women Daisy Bates, she was a civil rights pioneer and the only woman pilot in the Arkansas Civil Patrol during WWII. She had gathered 9 black high school students and sent them to an all white school. The nine students names were Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Minnijean Brown…

from it. The Little Rock Nine demonstrated this when the group of African American students struggled to integrate into an all white school as the other students harassed them. While in order to be fair, children of all races need to receive the best education possible,…

whites credited to the Little Rock Integration. Melba Patillo Beals’s autobiography on the topic in her book Warriors Don’t Cry show many examples of perseverance and prejudice that just explains how far blacks have come in terms of freedom in America. The book Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals should not only be relevant to students today, but also included in the curriculum of a freshman honors class. Everyone should know how hard it was for the Little Rock Nine to integrate. This was…

The President Steps in at Little Rock: Was It Constitutionally Correct? School is defined as an institution of learning for children; after the Brown vs. Board of Education case, it was established that having the children separated by their ethnicities or race was wrong. The integration of the children into the schools was supposed to happen with all deliberate speed but with this new phenomenon of diversity came tremendous hostility amongst people mainly in the south. One place that faced…

The 101st Airborne Matthew Haggard Little Rock- President Dwight Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne to protect the little rock nine (nine black students going to Hot Springs High School during integration). The governor of Arkansas, Governor Faubus, had ordered the Arkansas National Guard to keep the nine black students from going to that school. The 101st Airborne were there to stop the Arkansas National Guard from trying to stop the students. Caption about the picture above. Even…

of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. On September 2, 1957, Governor Orval Faubus announced that he would call in the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the African-American students’ entry to Central High. He claimed that violence and rioting will break out if black students were allowed to enter Central High and that it was for the protection of the Little Rock Nine. The Arkansas National Guard, under orders from Faubus, prevented any of the Little Rock Nine from entering Central…

of the most populous being Little Rock. Besides being the capital and one of the most visited cities in Arkansas, Little Rock is known for many of its attractions, food, and most importantly it’s historical events. Little Rock was established in November of 1851 and derived its name from a rock formation along the “La Petite Roche” river. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County, which may contribute to the reason why this thriving city is so populous. Little Rock has various centers…

Little Rock, Arkansas - The Central High School of Little Rock accepted nine negroes students on Wednesday, September 4th. This was Central High’s first day. Mobs of white students were gathered in the entrance of the school, as well as National Guard troops. The students were throwing very racial slurs. The 9 students were kept from going in by the National Guard, forced by Gov. Faubus. Unfortunately, the students were not able to get into school that day. Every school in the nation is said to…