Integration of Central High in Little Rock

On Sept. 24, 1957, federal troops mobilized to protect the nine African American students at the high school from white mobs trying to block the school's integration.

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Date Recorded: 9/24/57

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• LCCREF
• Education

[WestChester2013]

@JimmyHopkins2 It's obvious that nobody has explained tolerance to you, racist f***! You need to take a long look in the mirror! Keeping those kids away from school was wrong! I believe that everybody has a right to an education. I'm white and I believe integration was the best thing to happen to this country!! It's a shame that you make these comments! You're just an ignorant dumbass!

[britboz28]

i read a book on this video, I'm white btw, but the book is called "Warriors Don't Cry" its an extremely good book, i'd reccomend everyone to read it. Although back in those days white people were wayyyyy more racist, it has changed. We r are all equal. none better, none worse. we r all children of God. I do wish everyone would see that, white people and black people.

[galaxypirate]

@katartimus sadly all of this still happens today to children who do not fit normative gender roles.  our entire society is far from equal.

[pepokrys]

As long we are filling forms asking if you black, europian, asian we are racist. This should stop and we should fill only name etc

[Nefus1988]

What sort of advantages have this forced integration bringed us? Racial tension, hate and violence and no sort of tolerance B.S will make the problem disappear. I just hate hypocracy, so many people say they like diversity but how many like to live in diverse areas? Even anti-racists are part of the white flight phenomenon.

[katartimus]

@JimmyHopkins2 I feel it is stupid for me to reply to this, but I feel like it is necessary. Imagine going to school every day to be shouted at, spat upon, kicked, beaten, ink thrown on you, rotten eggs tossed on your head, and worst of all - no one there to protect or stand up for you. Our country was founded upon equal opportunity. It is obvious that you did not do well in school and have been born of an environment that encourages racism. You are ignorant and I forgive you, but very wrong

[dcbaization]

@cm2dude hey both my parents lived in the project but they and went to college and they were black, and now my dad works at TIVO fixing computers (he trained to be an engineer) and my mom is a sales Rep. for AT&T and was the 2nd top seller in the country, and of course we live comfortably in Mountain View, and by the way dumb asses is two-words you dumb ass.

[WestPhilly54th]

and i have alotta white friends saying this i don't kno why white people bitching youll the ones that brought us here lol and us blacks bout 2 run the country white racist people thinking everybody else the devil but in actuality they are they're the ones that took and stole other people land white racist are the real animals us blacks just are not taking that dumb shit from you corny racist anymore so youll maddddd lol

[WestPhilly54th]

@JimmyHopkins2 good job by those black kids for jumping him whites are gonna have whats coming 2 them it's ok for whites 2 do that dumb ass lynchin when the tides turn youll start bitching like females hahahahahahaha

[cm2dude]

There is a difference between respectable Americans of African descent, and the dumbass niggers that inhabit every housing project.