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 School Ernest 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 101 st 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
Shoving Kicking Name calling Spitting “2,4,6,8…We don’t want to integrate!” Melba Patillo Minnijean Brown OTHER ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION
SASH_PDR1CC
Wikipedia contributors. "Little Rock Nine." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 Feb Web. 18 Feb "Little Rock Nine." The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. N.p., 9 Sept Web. 18 Feb Little Rock Nine. N.d. Photograph. COR. 5 Dec Web. 18 Feb Little Rock Nine Protest N.d. Photograph. Etsy. Etsy, Inc. Web. 18 Feb WORKS CITED