The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students that volunteered to integrate Little Rock Central High School. This was one of the first steps to desegregation of schools. But Governor Orval Faubus was openly supportive of segregation. This caused problems because Faubus had ordered the National Guard to not allow the students to enter the school in September 1957. The Little Rock Nine would not be left without support. Soon Faubus was overturned and a federal judge ordered Faubus to allow the students into school.
The NAACP tried to protect the students but did not succeed. President Eisenhower stepped in and placed the National Guard under federal control and ordered a thousand paratroopers into Little Rock to protect the students. This was the first time since reconstruction that the federal troops were sent to the south to enforce the constitution. Even though the National Guard was sent to protect the students there were still times where the students would be vulnerable and at risk to racism by the other students. In 1958 the school was shut down by Faubus and the white students went to private schools and the black students were left without education. In August of 1959 the Little Rock Board of Education gave up and allowed desegregation.
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The NAACP tried to protect the students but did not succeed. President Eisenhower stepped in and placed the National Guard under federal control and ordered a thousand paratroopers into Little Rock to protect the students. This was the first time since reconstruction that the federal troops were sent to the south to enforce the constitution. Even though the National Guard was sent to protect the students there were still times where the students would be vulnerable and at risk to racism by the other students. In 1958 the school was shut down by Faubus and the white students went to private schools and the black students were left without education. In August of 1959 the Little Rock Board of Education gave up and allowed desegregation.
THIS HAS SEVERAL SPECIFIC FACTS, SO IT COULD USE A SOURCE CITATION. WELL-WRITTEN, THOUGH.
9/10: HOME
INTERNAL CITATIONS: 9.5/10
SPELLING/GRAMMAR: 10/10
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SEE OTHER PAGES FOR NOTES AND POINTS
WEBSITE: 98.5/100 (WOW! EXCELLENT WORK!)
NATIVE SON TEST: 47.5/50
FINAL: 146/150