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09-18-2008, 02:27 PM
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Little Rock Desegregation Photograph (September 1957)
Elizabeth Eckford ignores the hostile screams and stares of adults and fellow students at Little Rock's Central High School in September 1957. The Little Rock Nine, as they later came to be called, were the first black teenagers to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. These remarkable young African-American students challenged segregation in the deep South and won. Although Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in schools, many racist school systems defied the law by intimidating and threatening black students—Central High School was a notorious example. But the Little Rock Nine were determined to attend the school and receive the same education offered to white students, no matter what. Things grew ugly and frightening right away. On the first day of school, the governor of Arkansas ordered the state's National Guard to block the black students from entering the school. Imagine what it must have been like to be a student confronted by armed soldiers! President Eisenhower had to send in federal troops to protect the students. But that was only the beginning of their ordeal. Every morning on their way to school angry crowds of whites taunted and insulted the Little Rock Nine—they even received death threats. One of the students, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, said "I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the mob. . . . I looked into the face of an old woman, and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she spat at me." As scared as they were, the students wouldn't give up, and several went on to graduate from Central High. Nine black teenagers challenged a racist system and defeated it.  ·
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04-17-2010, 12:27 PM
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Re: Little Rock Desegregation Photograph (September 1957)
Such hatred on the faces of the girls behind her- just can not understand the hatred of an entire race- good post, Chris- thx-  |
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09-06-2010, 04:44 AM
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 Madonna vergine bugiarda. Poster Rank:437 Male Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,612 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 11 Post(s)
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Re: Little Rock Desegregation Photograph (September 1957)
Those bitches must be feeling so fucking proud now.
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