A Very Brief History Of The Little Rock Nine

The Little Rock Nine deserve more credit for all the important things they did to influence integration in the beginning and into the future. The Little Rock Nine were nine black students chosen to be the first of many black students to integrate into Little Rock Senior High School; they went through many hardships and received a lot of intolerance in their journey to commence integration in the south. Even after they graduated from high school, they all got jobs that either supported integration directly or proved that if different ethnic groups can get an equal education, they can get very successful jobs. Before integration, there were separate schools for black and white people; this was one of the many examples of segregation. Segregation

Segregation was when one racial group set themselves apart from another racial group. Segregation took many different forms: restrooms, schools, waiting rooms, theaters, taverns, buses, and other public places. There are many stories and articles of the injustices caused by segregation; perhaps the most angering, however, is what was underwent by the Little Rock Nine when they attended school at Little Rock Senior High School. Along with not being let into the school until nineteen days into the school year and having to get the president with the U.S Army’s 101st Airborne Division involved, the Little Rock Nine all experienced “routine harassment” as they later described it. Most of the students attending the school at the time were extremely opposed to the idea of integrating with the black students and wanted to continue the schooling with segregation. Integration was when the Supreme Court realized that segregation was not just and declared that public “white” schools were to integrate students from the “black” schools into their school. Even though all of the Little Rock Nine went through terrible verbal bullying, Melba Pattillo and Gloria Ray were taken to the physical level of bullying. Melba Pattillo was extremely mistreated and she later recalled that she had been beaten, kicked, and even had acid thrown in her face. Gloria Ray

By going through so many bad things in high school, they were able to come back and be stronger and more resilient because of it. All of them received the Congressional Medal from President Clinton after they had finished high school. Minnijean Brown became the deputy assistant secretary for workforce diversity in the Department of the Interior under President Bill Clinton. The deputy assistant secretary for workforce diversity in the Department of the Interior is mainly responsible for the coordination of equal employment. This job reflects her experience as one of the Little Rock Nine because part of her job is making sure there is equal employment among heterogeneous racial or religious groups. This means that her job is enforcing the concept that all people, different religions or skin color, deserve get the same job opportunities as anyone else. Elizabeth Eckford began her service in the United States Army after the Little Rock Senior High School was shut down. She then earned her G.E.D, General Education Diploma, and got a number of various jobs. Some jobs she had were history teacher, welfare worker, unemployment and employment interviewer, probation officer, and military reporter. The jobs Elizabeth Eckford had were all under a pretty broad category and very diverse; one thing they all have in