Civil Rights Project by https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s Made with whimsy en-us 2021-12-01 21:00:50 UTC 2024-11-19 11:35:23 UTC hello@padlet.com The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957. ashleybetancourt1 https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923799295 2021-12-01 21:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923799295 They attended the school because of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, which made segregation in public schools unconstitutional. ashleybetancourt1 https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923810938 2021-12-01 21:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923810938 The first days of classes were on September 4th, 1957. ashleybetancourt1 https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923813287 2021-12-01 21:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923813287 Governor Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to block the black students’ entry into the high school. ashleybetancourt1 https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923818904 2021-12-01 21:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923818904 Later that month, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school. ashleybetancourt1 https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923821037 2021-12-01 21:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923821037 Their first full day of classes was on September 25th. ashleybetancourt1 https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923827212 2021-12-01 21:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923827212 Elizabeth Eckford actually arrived alone to the school while the other students arrived together. She later recalled that one of the women spat on her. ashleybetancourt1 https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923838939 2021-12-01 21:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923838939 The President sending troops to Little Rock caused national attention to the Little Rock Nine. ashleybetancourt1 https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923841678 2021-12-01 21:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleybetancourt1/np68v4f4fpowr54s/wish/1923841678