On Sept. 4 ,1957 my aunt, Elizabeth Eckford, who was 15 years old at the time, envisioned her first day of school would be filled with meeting new friends and learning new lessons. Little did she know that day would be the worst day of her life.
May 27: “Littlerock Nine” member, Ernest Green, became the first African American to graduate from Central High School, 1958
The new Chief Justice, displaying considerable political skill and determination, the new chief justice succeeded in engineering a unanimous verdict against school segregation the following year.
The work accomplished in the fight for civil rights justice and equality by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., lifts us all. We owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his endeavors and the sacrifices he made in leading the movement that so many have benefitted from over the decades.
On this day May 27, 1958, “Littlerock Nine” member, Ernest Green, became the first African American to graduate from Central High School. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US
I am so proud of the Freedom Schools scholars who have learned they are following in the footsteps of children and youths who were the foot soldiers and infantry of the Civil Rights Movement. Some of their stories from the Movement are well known: six-year-old Ruby Bridges in New Orleans walked through White mobs to attend school—even praying for those jeering at her; the Little Rock Nine; the four little girls killed in the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church. Thousands of children were on the frontlines of history. Whether sung or unsung heroes, we owe all of them a debt of gratitude.
The 150-page book contains verse, photographs, drawings, essays and documents from when Little Rock’s resistance to desegregation put the city in the spotlight.
We’ve led on workers’ rights, immigrant rights, civil rights, equal rights, environmental rights, and more.
Atlanta race riots took place, as many Blacks and Whites were killed.