Video of the Week 2/23-2/24!! – The Little Rock Nine – African American History
Find out about the Little Rock Nine. Who were they? What did they do? Why are they significant?
Then do some research. Find out more about the Little Rock Nine, and post something you found out here.
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Wow, I am impressed by the Little Rock 9. They stood up to alot of important people. They helped change the world. Because of them people can go to school with mixed genders, along with some help from some other children.
The Little Rock Nine were nine African-American students that enrolled into an all white high school with hopes of getting a better education, and to defy racism. One of the names I have recongnized from the video would be Elizabeth Eckford. According to the social studies textbook she was the first black student to enroll in highschool. After watching the video im suprised they did not add anything about the other eight brave students.
“Ten days later in a meeting with President Eisenhower, Faubus agreed to use the National Guard to protect the African American teenagers, but on returning to Little Rock, he dismissed the troops, leaving the African American students exposed to an angry white mob. Within hours, the jeering, brick-throwing mob had beaten several reporters and smashed many of the school’s windows and doors. By noon, local police were forced to evacuate the nine students.
When Faubus did not restore order, President Eisenhower dispatched 101st Airborne Division paratroopers to Little Rock and put the Arkansas National Guard under federal command. By 3 a.m., soldiers surrounded the school, bayonets fixed.
Under federal protection, the “Little Rock Nine” finished out the school year. The following year, Faubus closed all the high schools, forcing the African American students to take correspondence courses or go to out-of-state schools. The school board reopened the schools in the fall of 1959, and despite more violence–for example, the bombing of one student’s house–four of the nine students returned, this time protected by local police.”
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ar1.htm
Im shocked that people could overlook so much violence and narrow minded-ness.
The little rock nine was these nine black students that had a hard geting an eduacation. Led by daisy beats, they were allowed to go to school and get the schooling they needed.
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The Little Rock Nine was these nine black students that had a hard time geting an eduacation. Led by Daisy Bates, they were allowed to go to school and get the schooling they needed.
Little Rock 9 is a group of Africna Americans who wanted to go to school and get a good education, they we’re of course bombared when they tried too walk on the school campus they we’re being spit on, called names All of the most horrible things that you can think if when it comes too being insulted! They we’re told they could not come onto the school campus so the mayor called for the National Gaurd to come and basically scare the students off from the school. Until the Presidnet called the mayor and told him to stop obstructing justice. The President sent the army to Little Rock Highschool to let the kids into school and send the gaurds away.
The Little Rock 9 is a group of very brave individuals who deserve to be acknowledged for doing very good things and helping change the way we live today. They helped revolutionized the way we feel about equality today.
I also agree with Jenna on her statement.
“Yes there is still racism of all kind, but with every step things are getting better. People think that racism ended a long time ago after the slaves were set free, but that didn’t mean racism stopped completely”
I have a little more to add on to that. I think that if we just all work together, and stop being ignorant towards other races, religion ect, the earth would be a better place, but I also know some people aren’t capable of doing that. So I am going to set out an example for other people, so that maybe they can follow along and maybe over time people will stop being prejudice agaisnt other people. And who knows maybe one day being racist won’t exist.
I have found out that in the not to distant past, the Little Rock Nine Foundation had been created. It was created to promote the ideals of justice and equality of opportunity for all. Also, it was devoted to help stop the racists myths that interfere with any man’s education.
Little Rock Nine. A group of 9 black teenagers that wanted to go to a school. Not one of the horrendous messes of underprivileged people sent in a direction to forever live their lives in the aching torment of being treated like an animal. No, they stood up, they did something. They didn’t just sit around thinking about the new pair of shoes that came out, or what it is going to be like when they finally become that rapper. No. No no no, a thousand times no. They did something, something big that nobody has ever done before. They broke the segregated education barrier by attending an all white school. They decided to go against what everybody else thought and make a path for their own. There was no such thing as a set path. They made their own lives, which in turn, made the lives of others. Just think of all of the kids that aren’t white actually making a difference in school, when they couldn’t have done it at home staring out the window thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But this didn’t happen all of a sudden, they just broke the barrier (kinda) for that school. Think of it as if they lit a fuse, to then set off a chain of explosions, being the explosions are the gradual disappearance of segregated schools.
Now for the actual fact I just found out.
They went on Oprah, and met some of the kids that made school horrible for them, and somebody they befriended.
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Race-on-The-Oprah-Show-A-25-Year-Look-Back/2
I agree on what Jenna said completely. But with every step in the right direction things can get better. Like from What About Bob? With Bill Murray about baby steps. Bob Wiley: Baby step to four o’clock. Baby step to four o’clock. It takes baby steps get to four o’clock, just like it takes baby steps to end segregation. Another quote from the movie I want to use is: Bob Wiley: Isn’t this a breakthrough, that I’m a sailor? I sail? I sail now? Dr. Leo Marvin: Keep sailing, Bob! This relates to helping rid of segregation because doing something about it is the breakthrough and then you have someone to help you go further and to keep doing what you are doing because it is working.
I admire the Little Rock Nine students and their outstanding bravery to enroll into an all white school. But even though they made it into the high school, during the school year, they were physically and mentally abused. For example, Minnijean Brown was taunted by a group of white males. She dumped chili onto their heads and was suspended. Melba Pattillo had acid thrown into her eyes and some white girls trapped her in a stall in the washroom and tried to burn her alive by throwing flaming paper on her. Even though there was a law passed that you couldn’t segregate someone, doesn’t mean that people still don’t do it.
Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American Teens that decided to go to Little Rock Central High School which is an all white school. It wasn’t illegal to go there because the black people were allowed to go to an all white school. When the nine teens were accepted though their first year there was tough. When they would arrive at the school people would be outside and they would spit on the students that were black. The rest of the year they were harassed but in the spring Ernest Green, who was the oldest, was the first black person in that school to graduate. The other 8 followed behind shortly. In 1998 the Little Rock Nine received the Congressional Medal of Honor. 11 years later in 2009 they reunited again at Obama’s Inauguration. Daisy Bates were honored by having a school named after her after she died. I did some research and this happened shortly after the Brown vs. Board of Education case ended. It stated that all the US schools had to be integrated. Arkansas was one of the southern states that said that they would do that immediately. But when the Little Rock Nine tried to get in the governor said for the guards to surround the building and not allow any black teens in. It is unconstitutional for schools to be segregated so those teens should be let in the first day of school.
The little rock nine was a group of young african americansthat decided to try to go to an all white high school right after the civil rights movement.they were called names, threatened, and protested against by groups of white students. They received protection from the US army and went to school at little rock high school. All public schools in Little Rock were shut down by the governor but the riots continued. In 1960 two of the students from the little rock nine graduated from central after the school reopened.
I agree with everybody. The nine African-Americans were indeed brave. They fought for their right. Ernest Green was the first out of the nine students to graduate from the school. Everyone else followed. Also after Dasiy Bates died, a school was build and named after her. All races were allowed to attend the school. This was a remarkable period in time.
I did research on the Little Rock Nine and found out a couple of things. First, I found out that after they were allowed into the school, their first year was terrible. The students constantly recieved taunts, threats, and physical and verbal abuse. But they were also warned that if they retaliated, they would recieve consequences. So they had to be strong. Another thing I found out was that the Governor of Arkansas, Faubas, did not want schools to be desegregated. So he was willing to fight against the federal government to reverse their order to allow the students into the school. So while the two arguing sides were in court, Faubas passed a bill in Arkansas that stopped their schools for all races. This continued for several months until a new board of directors in the school system attempted to reopen the schools. This year that the students did not go to school was called The Lost Year.
The Little Rock Nine is a group of African American teens who were brave enough to stand up and speak out on racism with help from Daisy Bates. The students planed to enter and attend an all white school. But when people found out they protested and the 9 African American students were not let in. It took some time and effort but on September 25, 1957 the students where able to attend Little Rock High. I think i was very brave of them to step out and do something that would potentally help a lot of people in the future. I cant imagine what school would be like if their wasnt a mix of races.
I agree on Jenna’s quote,”Yes there is still racism of all kind, but with every step things are getting better. People think that racism ended a long time ago after the slaves were set free, but that didn’t mean racism stopped completely.” I think that was the real(est) statement ever made.
Elizabeth Eckford (only one still living of the nine, according to Melvin) served in the United States Army for five years, first as a pay clerk, and then as an information specialist. She also wrote for the Fort McClellan and the Fort Benjamin Harrison newspapers. After that, she has worked as a waitress, history teacher, welfare worker, unemployment and employment interviewer, and a military reporter. She is a probation officer in Little Rock.
On the morning of January 1, 2003, one of Eckford’s two sons, Erin Eckford, age 26, was shot and killed by police in Little Rock. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that the police officers had unsuccessfully tried to disarm him with a beanbag round after he had fired several shots from his military style rifle. When Mr. Eckford pointed his rifle towards them, the police officers shot him. His mother feared that his death was “suicide by police”. Erin, she said, had suffered from mental illness but had been off his prescribed medication for several years. On June 18, 2003, the newspaper reported that prosecutors investigating the fatal shooting had decided that the police officers concerned were justified in shooting Mr. Eckford.
In the year of 1957, nine all black students were offered and opportunity to go and learn and at an all white school in little rock Arkansas. All white groups protested. They believed in keeping schools segregated with the whites in one school and the blacks in the other. They spit at them, threatened them and even called them names to persuade them to go back where they came from. The nine students were persistent in many ways. Though other students pestered them and made one student, Minnijean Brown, get suspended for reacting in a violent and nasty way, the others went by in school and excelled and proved their rights of being there. They all graduated and were soon to get awards for their significant achievement(s).
The Little Rock Nine are probably some of the most brave teenagers in the world at that time. Wouldn’t you agree? These students did the unthinkable at this time, and they did what most people had wanted to do for a long time but were to cowardly to stand up for themselves. The Little Rock Nine decided to stand up for themselves and help make Little Rocks local high school become intergrated. Even though they were descriminated against from everyone they made it through and did what they had to do. To prove what they could do. Ernest Green was the first black student to graduate from a block school. I dont know about you but that would have been such an honor for me if I was him but i think that he thought it was to.
In the group known as the Little Rock Nine consisted of nine members. There names were Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Dr.Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Minnijean Brown Trickey, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothersed-Wair, and Melba Pattillo Beals. Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from Central High School in 1958. Elizabeth is still living and she is a part time social worker and she has two sons. Jefferson also graduated from Central in 1960. Dr.Roberts is a clinical psychologist. Lanier graduated from Michigan State. TRickey was expelled from Central because she had many incidents one including her dumping chilli one another student. Karlmark receiced a post-graduate degree in Stockholm, Sweden. Thel graduated then became a teacher. Beals is an journalisr for People Magazine.
The Little Rock 9 were a group of people who stood up against racial segregation in schools. They tried to attend a school that was segregated, but the National Guard prevented them from going in and people outside protested and threatened to lynch them. I found out that the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision that all schools will be desegregated because it is unconstitutional.
The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students that wanted to take a stand for what they believed in. With the help of Daisy Bates, this brave kids decided to join an all white school. With so much segregation still going on in America, this event caused much caos. This didn’t stop them, instead it pushed them to try harder so that African-Americans and Whites would no longer be separated and treated differently. All of these kids should be remembered for taking such a big risk. They faced many challenges, but in the end succeeded. Even though many people were against them joining the school, the President helped to make sure these kids were allowed their rights. This was an important part of our history that should forever be remembered and looked up to. By standing up for our rights and what we believe in, we can do anything.
While I was researching about the Little Rock Nine, I found some information about their legacy. Little Rock Central High School is still part of the Little Rock School District, and is now a National Historic Site that houses a Civil Rights Museum, administered in partnership with the National Park Service, to remember the events of 1957. And, in 1996, seven of the Little Rock Nine appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. They faced a few of the white students who tormented them as well as one student who became friends with them. On February 9, 2010, Marquette University honored the group by presenting them with the Pere Marquette Discovery Award. The award had earlier been given to Mother Teresa, the Apollo 11 astronauts, and more.
The Little Rock Nine was a very memorable group of people who were courageous, brave, and stood up for what they believed in.
The Little Rock Nine are a group of people I highly admire, on account of their bravery and courage to face the viscious crowds that stood before them. It just goes to show that one voice can make a huge impact on the society around us. Yes there is still racism of all kind, but with every step things are getting better. People think that racism ended a long time ago after the slaves were set free, but that didn’t mean racism stopped completely. Since Elizabeth Eckford is still living today, it would be an honor to have her come and visit our school. “Try and try, and eventually you will succeed.”
The Little Rock Nine was an important event. It was a time of integration. Integration is an act of integrating a racial, religious, or ethnic group. There are still reunions going on at the Little Rock High School. It took place in Arkansas. The Little Rock Nine had nine kids who wanted to state the crisis of the heroes in the past. They wanted to stop integration. The Little Rock Nine was an important event contributing to the Civil Rights Movement.
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This video talked about a newsletter colonist daisy bates wanting to change the fact that she couldnt go to a certain school so she joined up with a group of 9 people who defended her belief. later a man named orval faubus wanted to surround the school building and prevent the 9 students from comming in. thats when president eisenhowe disagreed with faubus and wanted to change the rule. later because of him the 9 students got to go into the school they wanted to. and they soon gratuated and grew up to become successful people. what i liked about the article was that the 9 students fought for what they believed was right.
I had did some background research like I was told and seen that there is one of the nine still living. The person that is still living is Elizabeth Eckford. She had a career of being a journalist in the U.S Army. In 1974 she returned back home and works as a part social worker as a mother of two sons.
The Little Rock Nine were a group of students that were fighting to end the racism that many people had towards the black people. They helped a lot to reunite the country and stop all of the racism that was happening during those times. They were significant, because thank to all of the things that they did everything is different now. Now you can see children of all races attending to the same school and being friends. I really found interesting that until September 25, 1957 black students had the chance to go back to attend normal schools.
The Little Rock Nine were a brave group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock High School in 1957, with the help of Daisy Bates. Daisy Bates was already known for being the only women pilot in World War 2. But in 1957, Bates found 9 people to be enrolled into Little Rock High School. This caused major problems and headlines. On September 4th,1957, Bates ex-courted the student in the school but wasn’t able to accomplish it. Many Whites were outside the school protesting against the African-Americans entering the school. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the National Guards to make sure the students did not enter the school, this imagine caused International News. President Dwight D. Eisenhower held a meeting with Faubus to warn him to end the uproar he was causing. Faubus refused. So President Dwight D. Eisenhower requested the soldiers to leave, and he sent 150 troops to Little Rock. On September 25th, 1957 they (The Little Rock Nine) were finally attending the school. Later on, history was made. Sadly in 1998, Daisy Bates died, but in her honor they have a elementary school in her name. In 2009, The Little Rock Nine all attended the auguration of President Barack Obama.