The Litle Rock Nine
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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The Litle Rock Nine
By: Bailey Elliott, Grace Harris, and Maddie Ladner A2
Little Rock Nine
- September 4, 1957
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
- Integrated Little Rock Central High
- Verbal and Physical assault
- Eight of nine students remained at Central
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Melba Pattillo Beals
- San Francisco State University and Columbia University
- Bachelors degree and masters degree
- 1st of nine to write a book about what happened in 1957
- Live in San Francisco and works as a author, public speaker
- Reporter,Communications Consultent, Motivational Speaker
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Elizabeth Eckford
- Served in U.S. army for five years
- Teacher, welfare worker, interviewer, Military Reporter
- Currently a probation officer in Little Rock
- Spingarn Medal, Highest Civilian Award, Congressional Gold Medal
- Mother of two sons
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Gloria ray
- Illinois Institute of Technology, received a Bachelors degree
- Joined the ITT Research Institute as Assistant Math Matician
- Lives in Amsterdam with her husband, Krister Carlmark
- Has two children, Mats and Elin
- She is now retired
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Carlotta Walls
- Michigan State, graduated from Colorado State Collage
- Real-estate broker, founded her own Real-Estate brokerage
- President of the Little Rock Nine Foundation
- Received honorary decorate of humane letters in Colorado
- Englewood, Colorado with husband Ira and son Whitney
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Minnijean Brown
- Southern Illinois University, and majored in Journalism
- Later moved to Ottawa, Canada
- She received a bachelor of Social Work in Native Human Services
- Master's of Social Work from Carleton University
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Thelma Mothershed
- Graduated from Southern Illinois University
- Earned a degree in Home Economics Education
- Numerous awards for contributions and community service
- earned the NAACP'S Springarn Medal, Congressional Medal
- She currently lives in Little Rock
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Ernest green
- Michigan State University, received Masters degree in Sociology
- Awarded NAACP Spingarn medal at seventeen years old
- Presented with the Congregational Gold Medal
- Clinton appointed as chairman of African Development Foundation
- Lives in Washington, DC with his wife Phyllis
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Jefferson Thomas
- Wayne State University
- Los Angeles State College
- Staff Sargent in the U.S. army
- Speaker at High Schools, Colleges, Universities
- NAACP Medal, Congressional Gold Medal
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Terrence Roberts
- Bachelors degree in Sociology in 1967
- Masters degree in social welfare in 1970
- Spingarn Medal and Congressional Medal
- Economic Resource, Western Justice, Little Rock Nine Foundation
- Live with wife, Rhita in Pasadena, California
