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“He who controls the media controls the minds of the public” - Noam Chomsky. In the novel, A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls LaNier the town of Little Rock took the chance at integrating an all-white high school by creating the Blossom Plan. The author writes about her journey attending an all-white school as an African-American. This novel focuses on the troubles Carlotta faces each and every day and adds some horrific details about her comrades as they went through the same process as her. Little Rock Girl 1957 by Shelley Tougas, centers its attention on different events that occurred in Little Rock during the 1950s. Throughout the whole process, people of color along with their supporters were killed, harassed, and treated very poorly. …show more content…

This type of medium is written from the reporter’s view meaning that it can be biased and show an incomplete story. Published in the Arkansas Democrat newspaper, chief attorney for the white council, Amis Guthridge shared his opinion. On page 184 of A Mighty Long Way Carlotta says, “I know Mrs. Bates was as dumbfounded as I was just two days after the bombing to read in the newspaper the wild implication by Amis Guthridge, chief attorney for the white Citizens Council. He suggested that Negros might have been behind the bombing in some way.” This newspaper told the world that Negros were willing to hurt their own. The image showed an inaccurate picture of events for the national audience because the Arkansas Democrat newspaper, also known as the pro-segregationist paper, had taken words suggested by Amis. When he mentioned this idea, the Democrat paper took that suggestion and made it the fact without knowing the real story. It prompted a reaction of confusion for the rest of the world and signs of dismay for the people of color. The national audience would have gotten the sense that Little Rock wasn’t the best place to be around because newspapers were implementing false information about a crime that had occurred. The different races had contrasting stories so the world could imply that the town of Little Rock didn’t stress security like other communities and states. The Gazette gave a recap of the first couple of months of everyday life at Central but didn’t exactly base it on the correct information. On page 107 of A Mighty Long Way Carlotta states, “Things at Central were still pretty turbulent in mid-November when the Gazette assigned a team of reporters to find out more about daily life at school. The resulting story didn’t even come close to capturing the truth.” The harassment didn’t stop for Carlotta even after she had settled in at her new high school. This

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