https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2022-04-28 14:49:09 UTC 2022-04-28 18:32:56 UTC hello@padlet.com angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162781398 The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African-American students who enrolled in September 1957 at the formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Brown v. Board of Education, a landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional, was put to the test by their attendance at the school.]]> 2022-04-28 14:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162781398 angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162785119 Arkansas governor Orval Faubus ordered the state's National Guard to block the teens' entrance the night before their first day in Central High classrooms on September 2, 1957. It was for the safety of the nine students, according to Faubus.]]> 2022-04-28 14:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162785119 angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162787660 Sixty years ago, nine teenagers braved violent protests to attend school after the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional – but racial segregation in the United States is still alive and well.]]> 2022-04-28 14:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162787660 angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162792431 They made history as the first black students in the United States to integrate an all-white school. Little Rock will honor the students who became known as the Little Rock Nine this month as the city commemorates the 60th anniversary of that pivotal moment in the civil rights movement.]]> 2022-04-28 14:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162792431 angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162796486 They were subjected to constant verbal and physical harassment for the remainder of the school year, with Pattillo having acid thrown in her face, Ray being pushed down the stairs, and Brown being expelled for retaliating after a group of girls threw a purse full of combination locks at her. Brown's mother was even fired from her job because she refused to allow her daughter to drop out of school.]]> 2022-04-28 15:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162796486 angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162805323 The nine African American students arrived on the second day of school, accompanied by a small interracial group of ministers, after being warned by the Little Rock board of education not to attend the first day of school. In front of the school, they were confronted by a large white mob who began shouting, throwing stones, and threatening to kill the students.]]> 2022-04-28 15:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162805323 angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162807993 She was initially relieved to see the Arkansas National Guard surrounding the school as a mob of enraged whites shouted epithets and threatened to lynch her. The guardsmen, however, refused to let her pass as she approached. She realized the soldiers weren't there to protect her at that point.]]> 2022-04-28 15:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162807993 angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162810894 Bates was tasked with preparing the "Little Rock Nine" for the violence and intimidation they would encounter both inside and outside the school. She taught the students nonviolent tactics and became involved with the parent organization at Central High School.]]> 2022-04-28 15:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2162810894 angelcespedes517 https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2163156810 2022-04-28 18:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/angelcespedes517/fartmhvlovwtag9z/wish/2163156810