Little Rock 9

Little Rock 9

The times were different then and I’m sure very hard for blacks in the united states, it must have been hell to be treated like a second class citizen only because of the color of their skin, blacks were denied the most basics of rights, they could not drink from the same water fountain as whites, eat in the same dining establishments as whites, even riding public transportation they were not permitted to sit on the front of the bus and if the front was full and a white person needed to sit the black person would have to get up and give up his or her sit to that individual, very unfair indeed.
African-Americans had the worse schools systems, their classrooms were church basements and run down school houses that the Caucasians stopped using because of the poor conditions they were in, their books were used and torn and often times outdated, it’s clear to me after reading this passage the blacks were setup for failure, because the one way for a person to know their worth is through education, keeping a group of people ignorant would ensure their demise, because they will know nothing much than to servants and to do jobs that does not require any reading or writing, the only thing that African-Americans ever wanted was to be treated and be seen as equals no more, no less.
In 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas, the school name was Central High School, which was an all white high school just like every high school in the south. After a long fight the NAACP fought and won the right for African-Americans to attend the school, of course this was met with a lot of anger and hatred, parents were protesting and pulling their kids out of the school because they did not want their white children to be in the same classroom with “Niggers” even some teachers quit their jobs. Having to be escorted to class everyday by armed guards would have left me unable to concentrate on my school work, I would be too afraid someone may get to me and do bodily harm to me and the others, I would question if it was all worth it, but at the same time it would’ve motivate me to outperform the white kids that were attending the school, to show everyone that we are all capable of achieving greatness, given the opportunity. Because of the sacrifices and ridicule these student endured in the past, paved the way to us now having the same opportunities to an education, it really hurts me to see African-Americans taking this right as lightly as they are, if they only knew how many people sacrificed their freedom and their life to give them this opportunity and yet they are taking it for granted.