On page 834, read the sentence above the quote, and the quote to fill in the blanks and answer the question. 2.) In May 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in the Brown v. Board of Education case that SEGREGATION ILLEGAL. in public schools was 3.) According to the Supreme Court ruling, why shouldn’t there be segregation in public schools? BECAUSE IT GENERATES A FEELING OF INFERIORITY AMONGST CHILDREN. Read page 835 under The Little Rock Nine and fill in the blanks. “WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED,” 4.) Despite the order to desegregate schools only SOUTH 1954. three school districts in the entire began to desegregate in The school board in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, decided to integrate one high school first. The school board NINE AFRICAN AMERICAN LITTLE ROCK selected outstanding students known as the NINE. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus declared on television that state National Guard units would stop the Little Rock Nine from starting school. NAACP Daisy Bates, the president of the arranged rides to the high school for the students on ELIZABETH ECKFORD, DID NOT September 4th. But one of the Little Rock Nine get the ECKFORD MOB message. When went to school by herself, a met her. With the screaming SOLDIERS ENTER. crowd behind her, the would not allow her to She recalled, “Somebody “LYNCH HER! LYNCH HER!’” started yelling, Eckford ran to a nearby bus stop to escape, but CROWD the followed. Finally, a white woman guided Eckford to safety. FAUBUS This tense situation continued for several weeks as refused President EISENHOWER’S LAW. requests to follow the Finally, in late September, Eisenhower sent FEDERAL DESEGREGATION troops to enforce at Central High. – CIVIL RIGHTS 1960’s
On page 834, read the sentence above the quote, and the quote to fill in the blanks and answer the question. 2.) In May 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in the Brown v. Board of Education case that SEGREGATION in public schools was ILLEGAL. 3.) According to the Supreme Court ruling, why shouldn’t there be segregation in public schools? BECAUSE IT GENERATES A FEELING OF INFERIORITY AMONGST CHILDREN. Read page 835 under The Little Rock Nine and fill in the blanks. 4.) Despite the order to desegregate schools “WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED,” only three school districts in the entire SOUTH began to desegregate in 1954. The school board in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, decided to integrate one high school first. The school board selected NINE outstanding AFRICAN AMERICAN students known as the LITTLE ROCK NINE. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus declared on television that state National Guard units would stop the Little Rock Nine from starting school. Daisy Bates, the president of the NAACP arranged rides to the high school for the students on September 4th. But ELIZABETH ECKFORD, one of the Little Rock Nine DID NOT get the message. When ECKFORD went to school by herself, a MOB met her. With the screaming crowd behind her, the SOLDIERS would not allow her to ENTER. She recalled, “Somebody started yelling, “LYNCH HER! LYNCH HER!’” Eckford ran to a nearby bus stop to escape, but the CROWD followed. Finally, a white woman guided Eckford to safety. This tense situation continued for several weeks as FAUBUS refused President EISENHOWER’S requests to follow the LAW. Finally, in late September, Eisenhower sent FEDERAL troops to enforce DESEGREGATION at Central High. CIVIL RIGHTS – 1960’s
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