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Little Rock Nine

Little Rock Nine. Bianca Schemankewitz. Who were the 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

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Little Rock Nine

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  1. Little Rock Nine Bianca Schemankewitz

  2. Who were the 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 PattilloBeals

  3. Brown v. Board of Education • 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

  4. Discrimination • Segregationist councils threatened to throw protests outside the school and physically block the nine students from entering the building • Governor OrvalFaubus 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

  5. Other acts of discrimination • Shoving • Kicking • Name calling • Spitting • “2,4,6,8…We don’t want to integrate!” • Melba Patillo • Minnijean Brown

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  7. Works Cited Wikipedia contributors. "Little Rock Nine." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 Feb. 2014. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. "Little Rock Nine." The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. N.p., 9 Sept. 2010. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. <http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=723>. 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/>. Little Rock Nine Protest 1959. N.d. Photograph. Etsy. Etsy, Inc. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. <http://www.etsy.com/market/little_rock>.

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