July 20 - by Madison Today we went to Little Rock Central High
School National Historic Site. When we got here I learned that
the historical events took place when there were separate
schools for colored and white people. Central High was an all-
white school. President Eisenhower didn't like the idea of
having different schools for the colored and white, so he passed
a law that said that the schools have to be integrated with both
white and black students. Almost all states agreed with that,
but Arkansas didn’t. The Governor said Eisenhower never said
when this had to be completed, so they decided to wait as long
as they possibly could. Eisenhower was not happy about this, so
he passed a new law that said they had to do it as soon as
possible. In Little Rock, decided to send a letter to all the
students at Dunbar High School (the colored school), asking if
they wanted to attend Central High School, and 70 out of 500
students said yes. All 70 students had to go to an interview
with the school board, and the bo