Vocabulary
To Reduce
The judge who claimed that as long as the railroad offered "separate but equal" seating, Plessy's rights were protected.
Who is John Ferguson?
This was the name of the high school that the Little Rock 9 attended.
What is Central High School?
The school board determined that 517 black students live in the Central High district. 17 are selected for the first year of integration.
When was Spring 1957?
He was a prominent African-American lawyer, Dean of Howard University Law School, and NAACP first special counsel, or Litigation Director.
Who was Charles Houston?
To Take Away
What is Deprive?
The amendment that was brought into the Plessy case.
What is the 14th amendment?
This is the state where Little Rock is located.
What is Arkansas?
Governor Orval Faubus sends the Arkansas National Guard to "preserve the peace and avoid violence."
When was September 2, 1957?
He was an American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. He was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
To give citizenship to someone born in another country.
What is Naturalize?
This was the state where Homer Plessy was arrested.
What is Louisiana?
She did not have a phone and had to walk to school by herself.
Who is Elizabeth Eckford?
The 9 black students try to enter Central High for the first time, only to be turned away by the National Guard.
When was September 4, 1957?
These were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
What are Jim Crow laws?
What is Immunity?
He was the judge who thought that citizens of color were not being treated the same.
Who is Justice John Marshall Harlan?
He was the first African American student to graduate from this High School in 1958. He also spoke on the video.
Who is Ernest Green?
Judge Davies orders Governor Faubus to remove the National Guard.
When was September 20, 1957?
This court case occurred 8 years prior to school desegregation, and helped influence the integration of all students.
What was Mendez v. Westminster?
The legal protection a citizen has when a state, nation, or court makes a decision that could affect his or her rights.
What is Due Process?
This was the year that Plessy was arrested for occupying a white seat.
When was 1892?
She was the NAACP President and the advisor to the Little Rock 9.
Who is Daisy Bates?
Federal troops escort the Little Rock Nine to classes at Central High.
When was September 25, 1957
He was the President during the Little Rock 9 from January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
34th U.S. President