Little Rock Nine Essay

Their were many great un-heard of leaders that had a greater impact on society than te most known ones. The Little Rock 9 were a group of nine kids who integrated Central High school n the 1950-60’s. Also they overcame a lot of the racist people without being violent. They made our race look like a superior to some white people even though they were thought as a inferior race. During the integration of Little Rock Central High School the media both illuminated events, and painted an inaccurate or incomplete picture. In many cases in the 1900’s when camera’s were used the media iluminated many of the great events that occured. The Little Rock Nine were nine students who risked their lives for integration in school’s. “ The associated press ranked the Little Rock Nine as the top news story of the year.
All politicians didn’t have the same point of view on integration in the past so many of them acted as if agreements had been made about the problem. “ Meeting on 7/4 at Essienhower’s Rhode Island summer residence after which Faubus and Ike left together, shaking hands and smiling, when in reality no agreement had been made. This quote is inaccurate because the media makes people think things are getting better, but things really aren’t. Very racist white people called segregationists interfered with the integration process and they acted violently, so the government called in greater law enforcement. “ Units of the National Gaurd have been or are now being mobilized with the mission to maintain or restore the peace and good order of this community.” This is incomplete because the media makes it seem like the National Gaurd is helping the black people, but they are really trying to keep the Little Rock Nine out of Central. To wrap everything up the media did their job incorrectly sometimes because they gave innacurate information about many important