Civil Rights Worker Daisy Bates is best known for her role as a primary strategist to the group of nine students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The courageous efforts of Daisy Bates and The Little rock Nine are celebrated as one of the earliest victories in the Civil Rights Movement and served as symbolization in the fight for equal educational opportunities in America
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THE LITTLE ROCK 9 AND THE INTEGRATION OF U.S. SCHOOLS
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education of TopekaSupreme Court decision outlawed segregation in public education. [In response the] school board at [Little Rock Central High] called for volunteers from all-black Dunbar Junior High andHorace Mann High School to attend Central.
1) Prospective students were told they would not be able to participate in extracurricular activities if they transferred to Central-such as football,basketball, or choir.
2) Many of their parents were threatened with losing their jobs, and some students decided to stay at their own [black] schools.
In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine,” to
identify the first African-American students to desegregate Little
Rock Central High School
PHOTO: Modern Photo of Little Rock 9 with President Clinton
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