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Bianca Schemankewitz ITTLE ROCK NINE
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Bianca Schemankewitz
LITTLE ROCK NINE
Group of 9 African American students who were the first to enter a previously racially segregated school in Arkansas
Little Rock Central High SchoolErnest Green, Elizabeth Eckford,
Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo Beals
WHO WERE THE LITTLE ROCK NINE?
Brown v. Board of Education, issued on May 17, 1954, called for the desegregation of all schools in the U.S.
The Little Rock School Board agreed to abide by the court’s decision
On May 24, 1955, the Little Rock School Board created the Blossom Plan which called for gradual integration
By 1957, the NAACP had registered these nine students to attend Little Rock Central High
Were selected based on excellent grades and attendance
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Segregationist councils threatened to throw protests outside the school and physically block the nine students from entering the building
Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to support the segregationists
However, in response to this, President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to protect the nine students and enforce integration and put the Arkansas National Guard under federal orders
This was at the request of Woodrow Wilson Mann, the mayor of Little Rock
DISCRIMINATION
ShovingKickingName callingSpitting “2,4,6,8…We don’t want to integrate!”Melba PatilloMinnijean Brown
OTHER ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION
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Little Rock Nine . N.d. Photograph. COR. 5 Dec. 2011. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. <http://dc4cor.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/daisy-bates-and-the-little-rock-nine/>.
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