Little Rock Nine Pros And Cons

Most students today wish that they could find some excuse to leave school early, but that’s just the opposite for the Little Rock Nine, they had to fight to get inside. Having to suffer through fear, hate, violence and humiliation was the day to day struggle. The “Little Rock Nine” were nine African American students who were asked to go to school at Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas in a plan to desegregate the school. But instead this plan caused major controversy. Many people and parents of Central High School students were against integration, even the governor of Arkansas at the time, Orval Faubus, was opposed to the idea. The bravery of the Little Rock Nine made a big difference in gaining African American equality in the Civil
The soldiers would not let her inside the school and held rifles inches from her face. She tried to go to the city bus stop but the mob followed and taunted her. Grace Lorch, a white NAACP member, led Elizabeth to a nearby drugstore and then boarded a bus together. Eckford later talked about her experience and said, “I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the mob—someone who maybe would help. I looked into the face of an old woman and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she spat on me,” (http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=723). Shortly after the rest of the Little Rock Nine showed up but still couldn’t make it inside the school so they went back into the police cars and went home. Later that day president Eisenhower sent a telegram to Faubus asking the governor to cooperate, but refused to remove the troops so at that point the federal government stepped in. On September 24, 1957 the Little Rock Nine were finally able to go to school but even then the ridicule didn 't stop. Carlotta Walls LaNier who was apart of the Little Rock Nine explains that there were three different types of students that