https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne The Civil Rights Movement en-us 2018-04-20 15:25:09 UTC 2025-11-12 12:13:52 UTC hello@padlet.com crjenrettejr https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253881321 The Little Rock Nine were the first nine African Americans who enrolled in a once-segregated high school. Their enrollment on September 4, 1957 happened as a result of the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954.The group consisted of Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray, and Thelma Mothershed]]> 2018-04-20 15:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253881321 crjenrettejr https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253885543 Little Rock Central High, formerly known as Little Rock Senior High School, was one of first desegregated schools after the Brown v. Board of Education case. The Little Rock Nine encountered much resistance during their first scheduled day of school. The crowds were so riotous that Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to deny the African American students entry, insisting that it was to protect them.]]> 2018-04-20 15:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253885543 crjenrettejr https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253890284 This picture is most notable in reference to the Little Rock Nine because she brought national attention to resistance the students were facing. The female depicted here is Elizabeth Eckford. Eckford is one of the nine Black attendants at Little Rock. She was to be carpooled with the rest of the new students but the message did not reach her, therefore, she attempted to enter the school alone. ]]> 2018-04-20 15:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253890284 crjenrettejr https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253893356 In the following weeks, federal judge Richard Davies began legal proceedings against Governor Faubus. The judge ordered the National Guard removed on September 20. In place of the National Guard, the police tried to take control and escort the students into the school. Again, the crowd of angry white protesters began to act more viciously and the police then removed the students once more. The next day, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered 1,200 members of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division to escort the students into the school.]]> 2018-04-20 16:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253893356 crjenrettejr https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253896220 Many of the students afterwards had prestigious lives. Ernest Green went on to serve as assistant secretary of the federal Department of Labor to President Jimmy Carter. Elizabeth Eckford joined the Army. Patillo worked as a reporter for NBC. In 1999, President Clinton gave each member of the group the Congressional Gold Medal. All nine also received personal invitations to attend the inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2009. Below is more recent picture of them.]]> 2018-04-20 16:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253896220 crjenrettejr https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253900736 History.com Staff. “Little Rock Nine.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2010, www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration.]]> 2018-04-20 16:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/crjenrettejr/z4wlx4pr2ne/wish/253900736