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The Little Rock 9- Information Literacy and Research Analysis The 2014 iRead book Eyes on the Prize discusses a time period of change in American history. It allows the reader to understand the Civil Right Movement along with information literacy. This book allows every reader to understand the process of research and realize the importance of information. As I read this book I concluded the understanding of the Civil Rights Movement, the research of the Little Rock Nine Crisis and the importance of Information Literacy. As I discuss these points you will began to understand the reason of the iRead book Eyes on the Prize.
In the book Eyes on the Prize there are numerous events and people brought up that dealt with the America’s Civil Rights …show more content…

The most meaningful and interesting chapter that I read in this impeccable book was chapter four. This chapter discussed the Little Rock Nine and their sacrifices for their education. I found this chapter meaningful because I have respected and held education to a high level in my values and beliefs. I would not know how to comprehend not being able to learn and be inspired by education. Nevertheless, chapter four in the book Eyes on the Prize was the most inspiration and relatable chapter for me. Furthermore, I would highly recommend this book to any reader that wants to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement. I also who recommend any teacher who will or has taught about this historic time period to read this book and use it as a teaching tool in their classroom. I believe this book has more of a personal level on this topic than any other film or book that relates to this time period that I have used or seen …show more content…

The importance of information literacy in the 21st century is help understand the education and knowledge that surrounds us. Without this skill we would not have the knowledge we have today and without that we would not be who we are today as humans. We would not have been able to make the discoveries that we have today without information literacy. Information literacy allows everyone to research and understand a topic on and above the surface level. It also allows people to create a world of knowledge that uses the past understandings and relates it to the present or the future educational system. Furthermore, without information literacy we would not even have an education system that we have

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“Eyes on the Prize” focused on the civil rights movement in the United States. Some events that took place are: the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the 1957 Little Rock Nine. The prize was freedom, peace, and equality. The prize was obtained.

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The book was very informative of life when racism was more apparent. I think that books like this show that standing up to racism is an option. It shows that even children of a younger age were involved in the situation.

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Anyways the book exposes the true why most of historic events happened. The book illustrates show white men used intimidation to sexual victimize black women, instilled fear into black women’s hearts to not speak of the injustice done to them and enforced a hierarchy of white

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Eyes off the Prize by Carol Anderson is a historical narrative that examines the struggle of various African American organizations to raise the issue of human rights before the United Nations in the aftermath of World War II. Throughout 1944-1955, several organizations such as the NAACP, National Negro Congress (NNC), and Civil Rights Congress played important roles in the protection of U.S. human rights policies. She focuses on the NAACP and their mission to end segregation and inequality in America but with the rise of anti-communism and start of the Cold War powerful Southerners were able to dismiss this offensive, which then began the Civil Rights Movement. Anderson’s mission is not to examine the struggle for civil rights, but instead the true “prize” that is human rights in order to answer why inequality was still prominent post Civil Rights Movement.

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The Little Rock Nine impacted civil right in their own time as well as today by leaving their schools, their friends, and their security behind to make history and a great impact. This case became known all over the world as it turned into an open resistance of justice and law against personal prejudices and absurd racial bigotry: “The Little Rock Nine are a group of African-American students who were prevented from attending Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas during 1957. They step into all-white school and got beat, but they also made a statement that they were not backing down until they and everybody else got what they deserve. They continue to fight for one thing which was that everybody has equal educational opportunity.

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The Little Rock Nine were very young, brave, and strong kids for pushing through and finishing the school year. In conclusion, the Little Rock Nine used perseverance, passion, and bravery to become the first black students to attend an all-white school. These kids who went to Central High School, where very courageous in taking one of the first steps towards desegregation. Now it’s your turn to change how the world

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On September 4, 1957 nine African American students changed everything. Civil Rights had to start somewhere and that somewhere was with the desegregation of public schools. One of the biggest impacts was a school called Little Rock Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. A group of African American students later called “Little Rock Nine” changed their lives by going to a former all white-school. A group of students that wanted public schools to be desegregated was one of the events that led to the Civil Rights Movement.

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Encounter in Little Rock Nine In 1957, a group of nine African American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. In the landmark case Brown v. Board Education, the U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that segregating public high schools was unconstitutional. As a result of the Brown v. Board Education case, the Little Rock Nine forced Americans to explore issues of race, involve the federal government to enforce desegregation, and set a precedent for education equality. The Little Rock Nine crisis was one of the key events of the Civil Right Movement. Local leader of the NAACP, Daisy Bates, recruited nine African American teenagers to enroll at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. had extremely powerful words and views in his book Why We Can’t Wait. I was able to learn a lot about the many different nonviolent events that lead to the Civil Rights movement and what occurred after it. Reading King’s book helps readers understand the different struggles African Americans went through. Why We Can’t Wait effectively reflects the struggle of the African Americans from slavery to segregated civility and how they performed their revolution nonviolently. King wrote about the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States, he specifically focused on the 1963 Birmingham campaign.

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May 17th, 1954, the United States would face a change nobody would expect to ever happen. Although there were other major influences through out the Civil Rights movement, none impacted a change as much as the little rock nine students. The little rock nine are known for making a huge difference in racial discrimination. This movement was the most significant in the history of civil rights. The efforts of those children started a chain reaction of other improvements to the unjust segregation laws.

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The Little Rock Nine took a stand by fighting for equal education, getting national interest, and remaining in Central despite the obstacles, and abuse

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Little Rock Nine “They found themselves in the middle of a tug a war between federal and state power”(Kirk). The students hunger for equality sparked a change that would affect America greatly. Little Rock Nine inspired many African Americans to stand up for themselves and stand against racism. They also helped desegregate schools which later lead to the desegregation of other public areas. Little Rock Nine was an inspiration to the 1960’s as seen through their background, impact, and contributions.

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The news media played an important role in illuminating the events happening in Little Rock, but they occasionally misinformed people of the actual events that were happening. The news media brought to light the struggles in Little Rock. First of all, the news media reported on an image of Hazel Bryan yelling at Elizabeth Eckford. In Little Rock Girl the author says, “Elizabeth, hoping to get the same education that her white peers were getting, and Hazel, determined to keep her from getting it” (LRG 1957 6-7).

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First off, the governor closed all the schools in Little Rock, so no one could attend. Not only were all the students greatly affected, but the families of the Little Rock Nine had the more major punishments. Many of them were quickly fired from their jobs to reduce more conflicts with business. Once the schools were finally opened back up, each of the nine students were separated throughout the different schools, which caused even more awareness that schools needed to become desegregated. The impact that the Little Rock Nine had on today is the fact schools are all officially desegregated.

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Information literacy helps students recognize misleading, out-of-date, or false information. It also helps them sort through the data and interpret it intelligently. Libraries full of books are still available and a valuable resource for students, but information literacy includes the Internet and beyond. Teachers are involve into it, they act as channel of information.

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