Little Rock NineDiane Andrews Henningfeld Greenhaven Publishing LLC, 4 апр. 2014 г. - Всего страниц: 208 This must-have volume explores the events surrounding the Little Rock Nine crisis. Collected essays provide the historical background, from sources such as the National Park Service and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Controversies are then explored, including whether President Eisenhower acted wisely in sending federal troops to Little Rock. After controversies are explained, reader are then presented with compelling first-hand accounts of the experience, by people who lived through it. Readers hear from notables such as Minnijean Brown Trickey, Thelma Mothershed Wair, and Elizabeth Eckford. |
Содержание
Foreword | 1 |
Introduction | 4 |
World Map | 10 |
Chapter 1 Historical Background on the Little Rock Nine Crisis | 12 |
1 Nine Students Fight for School Integration in Little Rock Arkansas | 13 |
2 The US Supreme Court Bans Racial Segregation in Schools | 24 |
3 The Governor of Arkansas Orders the State Militia to Block Black Students Entry to Central High School | 34 |
4 President Eisenhower Addresses the Nation on the Situation in Little Rock | 45 |
6 School Desegregation in Little Rock Yielded Mixed Results | 107 |
7 Racial Integration in Schools Is on the Decline Fifty Years Later | 118 |
8 A Controversial Museum at Central High School Depicts the Little Rock Nine Crisis of 1957 | 124 |
9 Arkansas State Senators Protest the Display of a Confederate Flag at the Central High School Museum | 132 |
Chapter 3 Personal Narratives | 137 |
1 Despite Army Protection an African American Student Is Attacked | 138 |
2 One of the Little Rock Nine Discusses Life at Home and in School | 144 |
3 A White Central High Student Reports on the Situation at School | 149 |
5 Arkansas Prohibits Racial Integration in Public Schools | 53 |
6 The US Supreme Court Rules the Arkansas Law Unconstitutional | 58 |
Chapter 2 Controversies Surrounding the Little Rock Nine Crisis | 71 |
1 President Eisenhower Acted Wisely by Sending Federal Troops to Little Rock | 72 |
2 President Eisenhower Did Not Have the Authority to Send Federal Troops to Little Rock | 78 |
3 Public School Segregation Is Unconstitutional | 85 |
4 Integration Is Not a Valid Part of the US Constitution | 93 |
5 The Little Rock Nine Students and Families Suffered Harm and Danger for the Sake of Justice | 99 |
4 The Long Shadow of Little Rock | 154 |
5 Covering the Crisis | 160 |
6 An Expelled Little Rock Nine Student Remembers the Little Rock Crisis | 166 |
Chronology | 175 |
For Further Reading | 178 |
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Back Cover | 190 |
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