Elizabeth Eckford: How Small Groups Can Change The World

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” I disagree with that statement because a group can’t just change the world, individuals can. A student, or someone in a community, and a leader can change the world. A group doesn’t have to be the one to change the world. There is a student out there that can be the one to change the world, Elizabeth Eckford did. Elizabeth Eckford was one of The Little Rock 9, she went to Central High School. She was only black to attend the school the first day of school because her family didn’t have a phone, so her family didn’t get the message that they weren’t going to attend the first couple of weeks of school. When she was at the school there were mobs screaming at her also crowding her. Ernest Green was one of the Little Rock 9, he was one of the students that attend Central High. Ernest Green was also the first black to graduate Central High, at his graduation Martin Luther King was there at his graduation. Another student is Minnijean, Minnijean was in the cafeteria, in the cafeteria there are some boys harassing her and putting their legs out trying to trip her. She got annoyed one day, so the chili she …show more content…
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