THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Question
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The Little Rock Nine would travel to school together
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The Little Rock Nine would not go to school that day.
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The Arkansas National Guard would prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering school.
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She would face an angry mob at school.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On September 4, 1957, Eckford and eight other African American students (known as the Little Rock Nine) made an unsuccessful attempt to enter Little Rock Central High School, which had been segregated. An angry mob of about 400 surrounded the school that day, with the complicity of the Arkansas National Guard.
Detailed explanation-2: -On September 4, 1957 nine African American students arrived at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They made their way through a crowd shouting obscenities and even throwing objects. Once the students reached the front door the National Guard prevented them from entering the school and were forced to go home.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alone, fifteen-year-old Eckford tried to enter the school. At the same time, soldiers of the National Guard, under orders from Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, stepped in her way to prevent her from entering. Eckford was surrounded by a crowd of armed guards and a mob of people, and she did not see any black faces.
Detailed explanation-4: -The desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, gained national attention on September 3, 1957, when Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school.