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Mrs. Boratyn - Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Nine

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Explore these resources about the "Little Rock Nine" and the fight against school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The "Little Rock Nine." 2

Listen

60 Years Later, Remembering the Little Rock Nine and School Integration (All Things Considered)

Elizabeth Eckford's First Hand Account of Her Experience at Central High School.

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Database Articles

  • Search : Little Rock Nine: Click on Reading Level 2 or 3 to receive more or less detail about the "Little Rock Nine."

  • Search : Little Rock Nine: Article speaks to the difficulties the nine black students faced as they integrated Central High School.​

Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine.1

Web Articles

Civil Rights: Little Rock Nine (Ducksters): General overview of the "Little Rock Nine."

The Little Rock Nine (Smithsonian): Summation of the "Little Rock Nine" and their experience.

The Little Rock Nine (Scholastic): Detailed historical account of events leading up to and following the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Primary Source

Daisy Bates' Letter about "Little Rock Nine," December 17, 1957.3

Sources

1. "Elizabeth Echford of the Little Rock Nine." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America: Primary Documents, edited by Jeffrey Lehman, Gale, 2000. Gale In Context: U.S. History, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2210061623/UHIC?u=mlin_c_lms&sid=UHIC&xid=89341373. Accessed 2 Feb. 2020.

2. "The Little Rock Nine." The Constitution and Supreme Court, Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. Gale in Context: U.S. History, 
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2210008081/UHIC?u=mlin_c_lms&sid=UHIC&xid=4ff46df8. Accessed 2 Feb. 2020.

3. Bates, Daisy, NAACP Records, December 17, 1957. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.