One of the Littlerock Nine: Elizabeth Eckford

September 1: Elizabeth Eckford Elizabeth was born on Little Rock on October 4, 1941. After I graduated from Dunbar Junior High School, I went to Horseman High School. On the morning of September 4, 1957, Elizabeth was preparing to go to Little Rock middle school on the first day of school. She does not have a phone at home so she does not know that the other eight students meet at Daisy Bates. That house goes to school as a group.

On the first day of admission, 15-year-old Elizabeth Ekford was the only student out of nine students. She did not receive a telephone call on school education. The police shot Ekford harassed by a white demonstrators outside the school had to take her to a patrol car to protect her. After that, nine students had to express to school and were escorted by Jeep soldiers. Faubus is not a declared apartheid. The Arkansas Democrat then pressured Fubus to control the state's politics after saying that he will investigate the adherence of Arkansas to Brown's decision. Then Forbes opposed the integration and opposed the federal court ruling. Faubus' resistance drew attention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower who decided to enforce federal court orders

In the summer of 1957, Daisy Bates, president of the National Association for the progress of colored people in Arkansas, recruits nine high school students who believe that these students had the power and determination to resist integration Did. They are Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Carlotta Walls. For several months until the beginning of the school year, the students participated in intensive consultation on how to expect and respond.

"I am Elizabeth Eckford, I am a member of the group called Little Rock Nine, before the Central Separation there was a high high school called Central High School, a black high school called Dunbar, I would like to find it in the center.In Dunbar There is more choice, you can chase more courses, you are not ready for what actually happened The governor came out on the TV and he called the Arkansas National Guard When I announced I announced that I did it to protect all the students.The phone was inadvertently inadvertent and we did not contact Daisy Bates.There are some ministers to us Informed us that they had arranged a student to accompany the group discussion.