Little Rock Desegregation Note-Taking Form

The Supreme Court ruled in the Brown v. Board of Education case in what year?

What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to all citizens?

Who is Autherine Lucy?

Why was Autherine Lucy suspended from The University of Alabama?

Who took the Autherine Lucy's case to the Court?

What organization did Thurgood Marshall work for when arguing the school desegregation cases before the Court?

Who was the governor of Arkansas in 1957?

What did the governor of Arkansas do to "maintain (or restore) peace" in Little Rock?

How did the governor's action cause the crisis to become a Constitutional issue?

What happened to Elizabeth Eckford on the first day of school?

Who did President Eisenhower send to Little Rock to protect the children and uphold the decision of the Supreme Court?

What was the "chili incident?"

Who was involved in it?

Why didn't the "Little Rock Nine" need to decide whether to return to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1958?

Reflection Questions Why doesn't Elizabeth Eckford answer the reporter's questions when she is separated from the other eight black students on the first day of school?

What is she feeling as she walks through the mob? After the "chili incident" the white students were silent and the black cafeteria workers broke into applause.

Why did each group react as they did?