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'I Had a Right to Be at Central': Remembering Little Rock's…
'I Had a Right to Be at Central': Remembering Little Rock's Integration Battle
Little Rock’s integration battle 60th anniversary
September 1957, Little Rock, Arkansas
9 black students —> other high school
Little Rock Central High School : only white students
Deciding >< attending
Mobilizations from
segregationists
Reason = black
President Eisenhower heard about it
1200 soldiers (US army) for protection
—> not really enough
9 girls : never gave up —> stayed and fought
The next year : governor Faubus
All high-schools : closed
—> avoiding integration
=> 3700 students left without a school
September 2017 :
big event => anniversary
Speeches —> 8 girls + Bill Clinton
Nowadays
Problem still here
A lot of separated schools in USA
The fight isn’t over