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Military had to escort the students to school

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Military had to escort the students to school

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Blacks and Whites being able to go to the same school.

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Blacks and Whites being able to go to the same school.

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AK National Guard protecting the little rock 9

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AK National Guard protecting the little rock 9

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       The school Central High was constructed for black and whites to go to school.

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       The school Central High was constructed for black and whites to go to school.

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White Segregationists and the Little Rock Nine

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White Segregationists and the Little Rock Nine

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-On September 23, the nine teens were escorted to Central High School by local police, however mobs of thousands of white segregationists gathered to stop the teens from entering- police were forced to evacuate their duties to protect them
-They were so threatening that Mayor Woodrow Mann sent President Eisenhower a urgent request for federal troops
-Eisenhower federalized Arkansas National Guard (put them under control of federal instead of state government) and dispatched U.S Army troops to protect the students
-The following morning more than one thousand troops accompanied the Little Rock Nine

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The percentage of African Americans going to desegregated school.

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-Army troops stayed in Little Rock for more than two months to keep mob violence in check, and the National Guard units remained until the school year ended (May 1958)
-The Little Rock Nine suffered constant harassment inside and outside the school

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-Daisy Bates led eight black students to Central High School, they were turned away at bayonet (pointed blade at the end of a rifle)
Later on another student, fifteen year old Elizabeth Eckford, barely escaped injury after being pushed, cursed at, and threatened
- A federal judge ordered the withdrawal of Arkansas guardsmen from Central High

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       Ernest Green Graduated from Central High in May 1958. 

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       Ernest Green Graduated from Central High in May 1958. 

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Mayor Woodrow
Arkansas National Guard
white segregationists
President Eisenhower
Governor Faubus

Little Rock Nine stdents:
Elizabeth Eckford
Carlotta Walls
Minnijean Brown
Gloria Ray
Terrance Roberts
Ernest Green
Thelma Mothershed
Jefferson Thomas
Melba Patillo

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Little Rock Nine

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Governor Fabus's reaction to Little Rock Nine:

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Governor Fabus's reaction to Little Rock Nine:

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-September 1957, nine black teenagers broke the color line (the separation of black and white students) at a public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
-The teens voluntarily transferred to the all-white Central High School, it was a city plan to comply with the 1955 Supreme Court ruling
It stated for all school boards to desegregate as quickly as possible (stop separating blacks from whites)
-Governor Faubus tried to get the federal court to delay the school integration, he said it was to reduce racial violence- the courts did not support him
-President Eisenhower invited Faubus to dinner at his house to urge him to stop disobeying court orders

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· Students wanted to go to school with whites.
- They were carried in military Jeeps equipped with arms and were watched over by helicopters on their way to school becuase of the Hate that they got from whites.

· They were mistreated in school, death threats and N word

· One fought back and said “white trash.” She was expelled. Printed cards went around saying 1 down 8 to go.

· She was accepted at a school in New York.

- The rest made it through the year

· One of the students was a senior and the police, soldiers, Daisy Bates, and Martin Luther King Jr attended his graduation.

·  “Smile no matter what. Remember, not everyone approved of what Jesus did, but that didn’t stop him.”- Lois Pattillo to her 15 year old daughter, Melba, September 8, 1957.

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Background information about the person and event(Historical Context)

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Background information about the person and event(Historical Context)

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One of the high schools that blacks were not allowed to attend was Central High School

·         in Little Rock, Arkansas. The local leader of the NAACP was a lady named Daisy Bates.

·         Daisy recruited nine African-American high school students to enroll at Central High.

·        Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Terrance Roberts, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Jefferson Thomas, Melba Patillo, and Carlotta Walls.

These students became known as the Little Rock Nine

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·   Some of the short term impacts was...                                 

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·   Some of the short term impacts was...                                 

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The law “separate but equal” was denounced. ·                                 The Central School sets the high for diversity and excellence in the education. ·           The Little Rock Nine created a chain reaction in the Civil rights movement.                                                     In 1959 the little rock schools had reopened from being shut down for safety in 1958. The schools in 1959 the Little Rock schools had started letting students of all race come to the school.