How Did The Little Rock Nine Impact The Civil Rights Movement At All-White High School

Kailey Jackson

Eng III - 7

3-28-2023

Civil disobedience is the breaking of unjust laws in a non-violent matter for political or social change. These laws are normally put in place by a government or authority. The Little Rock Nine were 9 African American students who attended an all-white high school in 1957. This action challenged the Brown V.S. The Board of Education which made segregation illegal anywhere but somehow in many places in the south the segregation continued. The 9 students did this because they wanted to challenge the law by entering an all-white high school. Although the 9 got a lot of hate they still showed up to the schoolhouse daily even though they were not allowed in. The Little Rock Nine changed the civil rights movement

the board of education by entering an all-white high school to put a stop to segregation in the south. Brown V.S. The Board of education was a court case that ruled separating children based on race unconstitutional although thus did not stop many southern states who created the Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow Laws were laws that stated that whites and blacks still needed to be separated but in the end, they were all equal. Eugene Fabulous, an American politician “Was sent by Arkansas Governor to the school, Fabulous had declared his opposition to integration and intention to deny a federal court order requiring desegregation”(Jaynes). The 9 African American teens challenged this case by calmly and peacefully enrolling into an all-white high school to simply only attend school. The teens peacefully stood outside waiting to be let in. Although the teens knew the danger they would be in they continued with their plan “ warned by the Little Rock Board of education not to attend the first day of school the students arrived on the second day with a small group of interracial groups of ministers.”(Jaynes). The Little Rock Nine helped with civil disobedience but they did have a little help preparing for the road ahead of

Daisy Bates spent long hours preparing the children for the violence they would face just for wanting an education. The teens knew the violence and hate they would face when they walked onto the property. Daisy took it upon herself to teach the children “ she took on the responsibility of preparing the 9 children for violence and intimidation that the students would face outside and inside the school”(Norwood). When the children arrived at the school their entrance was blocked by the national guard, on the students next day their entrance was once again blocked by the national guard and a belligerent mob, which shouted absent words and spit on the individuals. The abuse the children suffered from those around them would never be expected in the days we live in now this abuse was documented in many different places “ A belligerent mob, along with the national guard, again prevented the teens from entering the school”(Bunchk.) The brave actions of these 9 African American teens formally ended the Jim Crow laws in the