THE LITTLE ROCK CRISIS

 à Students who entered in a white school.

The nine students were Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Terrance Roberts, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Jefferson Thomas, Melba Patillo and Carlotta Walls. These students became known as the Little Rock Nine. We are going to talk about Elizabeth, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Ernest Green and Carlotta Walls.

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- Elizabeth Eckford was born in October 4. She was a US citizen icon of anti-racist struggle in the United States. She was one of the African American students in the Little Rock Nine.

- Minnijean Brown was born in September in 11, 1941. She was one of the African American students in the Litlle Rock Nine.

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- Gloria Ray was born in September 26, 1942. She was one of the Little Rock. She was 15 when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School. In 1965, she graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1965 with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Mathematics.

- Ernest Green was born in September 22, 1941. He was one of the Little Rock Nine. Green was the first African-American to graduate from the school in 1958.

-  Carlotta Walls was born in December 18, 1942.  She was the youngest of the Little Rock Nine. She was the first black female to graduate from Central High School.

à  Subsequent victory

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Thanks to the Little Rock Nine, it became possible the idea of remove the segregation. The racial segregation had been disappearing since the 50s. In 1964, had taken a giant step with the approval of the Civil Rights Act.

In 1968, the Supreme Court of the United States declared unconstitutional all forms of racial segregation, and in 1999,  the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton.