In history there are a lot of great leaders who stood up for what they believed in and never gave up, such as the books A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls LaNier and Little Rock Girl by Shelley Tougas. In the book there are young leaders who never gave up and had a great impact on young people. 14 year old Carlotta, was in the group with 8 other young teenagers who only wanted to make it to class. Just making it through the door of Central High was a huge relief. In 1957, during the integration in Little Rock Central High school, the media illuminated certain events but showed an inaccurate or incomplete picture of other events. In 1957 the media, illuminated certain events that happened in and outside the school building Central High. Photographer …show more content…
In 1957 the media released certain events of inaccurate and incomplete events and photos. The Little Rock Nine traveled to Mr. and Mrs. Bates house. Mr. and Mrs. Bates were both mentors of the Little Rock Nine. LaNier said “we all uprooted from our homes and individual Thanksgiving celebrations, dressed in our Sunday’s best, and driven to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bates to participate in the made for television event” (LaNier 109). Mr. and Mrs. Bates decided to have dinner because of how he felt. This photo that was taken of them having dinner was inaccurate they were just acting civilized. Little Rock Nine wasn 't telling the truth about what was really happening. They pretend that everything was ok and everyone knew it wasn 't. LaNier describes a newspaper account written in the Gazette. The article wasn 't only about daily life at the school. Carlotta says it was far from the truth. She says “ perhaps that was the view from the outside peeking in, but from the center of the drama, it sure felt like turmoil to me” (LaNier 108). The newspaper article is incomplete. The newspaper was made by someone who knew nothing about what was going on. The events were inaccurate and incomplete, unreal and untrue stories
Throughout history there have been multiple life changing events that have lead to many life lessons. As humans, we are far from perfect; we must go through challenges to learn and prosper. We often follow the example of others, when sometimes you need to take a stand and follow yourself. Leadership is a huge role to humans, especially in the sake of treatment for others. Throughout the book, Unbroken, by: Laura Hillenbrand, it showed great deals of men mistreating others for inhuman reasons.
“Tomorrow is a new day but it’s not promised” ... In history is was hard for people to take a stand, due to the fact that they feared of getting killed because of their background. Jackie Robinson was a person who made a big impact on society in the 60s. He acted heroically because despite the fact that people treated him unfairly when he played he ignored them and kept his head up high. Jackie Robinson acted heroically because he had broken the color barrier in baseball.
Could you set yourself back in time to were people harass you, threatening you, steering on your heels till you bleed, trying to make you fail, just for being a certain race? Nine courageous students, the President, and fellow students shared their story on how they survived the 1957 crisis in Little Rock to make a difference. 1957-1958 Central High School School Year was one to remember. The Supreme court had declared the school granted the rights to integrate, so they found nine black students that volunteered to fulfil the rights, later to make history. Although some might argue President Eisenhower had the most power during the 1957 Little Rock Central High integration crisis, young people proved they had just as much power to make change.
The Little Rock Nine pushed through and went on to pursue successful careers such as journalism, politics, and teaching. A particularly strong quote about the integration in Warriors Don't Cry was “ I felt such a surge of pride when I thought about how my people had banded together to force a change,” (Beals
The nine weren’t able to participate in some of the school activities that went on for other students. One of the Little Rock Nine, Minnijean Brown, had food spilled on her. The students who did it never got in trouble. When Brown decided she had enough and decided to spill food back on them, she got suspended. She had also been hit with a purse from one of the other students (Smithsonian.com).
Follow the leader, a.k.a. do what the first person does and don’t do it wrong or you are out. This becomes burnt into children’s minds as what they think leadership is and has become what many people think it must be. Contrarily, a flourishing leader is one who listens. Who takes all member’s ideas into consideration, makes sure all are heard, and keeps a group in order while still taking into account what the group wants.
They didn’t want African Americans near them, “‘Are you gonna let that nigger coon sit in our class?’ a boy shouted as he glared at me” (75). They also harassed the group of nine. For example, while Melba was in a bathroom stall she was attacked by a group of girls, “Flaming paper floated down and landed on my hair and shoulders” (119). The students were willing to do anything that would get the Little Rock Nine out of Central High.
Malala is a very good example of this because she was shot in the head and hospitalized for 18 months. But when she recovered she kept doing what she did best, fight for kids to be schooled. Another good example of someone who fought and never gave up is Kelvin Doe. He is such a good example because he didn’t have many materials to make a battery, but he never complain that his job was too hard and gave up, he kept going to provide his family with power. The last good example that shows being a teen activist takes hard work and never giving up is Marley Dias.
Understanding a leadership role and learning what makes a great leader is not that easy. They also never would have thought that one day they would have to pick a side against a former classmate that they sat together in class learning the same tactics! Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant both went to United States Military Academy. Both men learned about leadership and leading men into battle.
Nine African American students were selected to be the first to enter the all-white school. The Little Rock Nine consisted of Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray, and Thelma Mothershed. On their first day to attend their new school they were escorted in by U.S. soldiers. After Bates helped get the student into the school she mentioned to have heard a man yell “So they sneaked them in behind our back. That’s all we need.
When Jordan Anderson’s faith was questioned, or when Rosa Parks was given the chance to prove herself as an equal to whites, a choice that determined everything had to be made. As Elie Wiesel, and Martin Luther King Jr. were persecuted because of an unjust cause, how did they decide to respond? And what draws the line between overconfidence and bravery? Jordan explained how he defended his faith, and Tavaana explained how Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. did not stand down. In Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, he clarifies the extreme need for courage and bravery.
Eleanor Roosevelt had once stated “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the think which you think you cannot do.” An interpretation of this is that the only way growth and courage can increase is when the time is taken to perform at the best state possible. This can occurs when there is a challenge which may or may not be extremely difficult, but you must push forward and come out ahead. The Little Rock nine had to endure going to school facing true hatred and constant denigrate each and everyday.
One thing in life I learned is that everyone is not a born leader because everyone cannot lead in life and someone has to follow like Jesus and his twelve disciples. A community has to have a strong leader to build a stable foundation. Before a leader can ever lead he or she has to learn how to follow and this is how leader are
Many people are natural born leaders, of which they fight for a cause. Not everyone has to have such an impactful dream or goal for everyone to have. Some may want equality for a race or gender like women’s suffrage or the civil rights movement. Others prefer to have smaller goals like less homework of school time. People speak but not all get heard.
The most important decision of a leader is the style of leading they decide to use when inspiring others, or providing a vision for the future. By looking at the past, it is proven that some leadership styles are guaranteed to be more effective than others. The leadership style of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X during the Civil Rights provides significant evidence of how different styles of leading can turn out to be a major success or defeat. Malcolm X’s leadership style included using violence to protest against violence and unequal rights, as well as supporting the segregation of African Americans and the whites. Martin Luther King’s style included nonviolent marches and protests against violence, and peacefully fighting for integrating