2 Civil Right Key Events -Thomas-

(Little Rock,Ark.) Formerly all-white central high schools learns that integration is easier said then done. Nine black students are blocked from entering the school on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus. President Eisenhower send federal troops and the national Guard to intervene on behalf of the students, who become known as "The Little Rock Nine"

It must have been very hard for these 9 students because they were the only 9 black students in the all white high school. They weren't even let inside. I wonder what the teachers were doing. I would have tryed to find a way to help them.

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Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama. He writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail" arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws.

Martin Luther King was a brilliant man, he had the "I have a Dream" Speech, which he had 200,000 people listen to. The fact that he would get thrown into jail for trying to stop Segretgation shows how hard it would be to make things better. He had helped many people.