Little Rock Nine Thesis

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By Om Patel- The Smith Papers Little Rock, Arkansas- Yesterday in Central Highschools’ cafeteria, Minnijean Brown, one of the Little Rock Nine, was purchasing chili for her lunch. When she was on her way back to her table, she was being harassed by two white boys, not too long later, her chili spilled on top of their heads resulting in Minnijeans suspension. Minnijean would later explain that the boys had been taunting her, sticking their feet out in the aisle to trip her, and kicking her, but the suspension was still granted. The rest of the Little Rock Nine couldn’t do a thing to support Minnijean as there were an extravagant amount of people crowding around her and did not want to meet the same fate as Minnijean. There were no guardsmen or officials to assist Minnijean. The Little Rock Nine had to be very cautious during lunch, no one was around to protect them and they were like sitting ducks. They were also told not to interfere in situations like this as a riot could transpire. …show more content…
“None of this was at all Minnijeans fault, the white boys should be the ones to be punished, not Minnijean. The principal of Central Highschool was not available for questioning. White student would later continue to state phrases referencing Minnijeans suspension, “Two,four,six,eight, we ain’t going to integrate” and according to Melba Patillo, one of the Little Rock Nine, a student yelled “One down and eight to