Little Rock Nine Research Paper
Within the Civil Rights Movement, a great impact on education and schooling systems took place, thanks to the Little Rock Nine. The Little Rock Nine were a number of students who were brave enough and were prepared enough to integrate the Little Rock school system and Central High School. Their names were, Melba Pattillo Beals, Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Elizabeth Eckford, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Thelma Mothershed, Jefferson Thomas, and Terrance Roberts. The National Guard was sent to the school for the possibility of violence. Weeks later finally on September 25, entered Central High School. Federal troops remained throughout the school year. The following school year the Governor of Arkansas ordered all high schools
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The purpose of the Greensboro Sit-ins was to confront the inequities that had smothered their opportunities and stifled their dreams for way too long. They were suppose to help blacks blacks by taking a stand so people could recognize the unfair treatment. So, they sat in places and refused to moved until they were served. Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, all freshman at North Carolina Agricultural were the ones responsible for beginning this movement. This movement began on February 1st, 1960. The Greensboro Sit-Ins did serve its purpose because the point of the movement was for blacks to sit wherever they pleased and not in a designated area, and now they can.
As for the very last movement, the Selma to Montgomery Marches. The purpose of these marches was for thousands of Americans, both black and white; join together using nonviolent and direct-approach methods. These marches were suppose to help African Americans by the ending of segregation and discrimination for American life. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. started this movement on March 25th, 1965. I believe there is still a need for this specific movement. Reason being that there is still a need to assemble in peace; especially with the way modern day life is with all the police
The purpose of the Greensboro Sit-ins was to confront the inequities that had smothered their opportunities and stifled their dreams for way too long. They were suppose to help blacks blacks by taking a stand so people could recognize the unfair treatment. So, they sat in places and refused to moved until they were served. Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, all freshman at North Carolina Agricultural were the ones responsible for beginning this movement. This movement began on February 1st, 1960. The Greensboro Sit-Ins did serve its purpose because the point of the movement was for blacks to sit wherever they pleased and not in a designated area, and now they can.
As for the very last movement, the Selma to Montgomery Marches. The purpose of these marches was for thousands of Americans, both black and white; join together using nonviolent and direct-approach methods. These marches were suppose to help African Americans by the ending of segregation and discrimination for American life. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. started this movement on March 25th, 1965. I believe there is still a need for this specific movement. Reason being that there is still a need to assemble in peace; especially with the way modern day life is with all the police