In my eyes, one of the most tragic and ridiculous events of the entire civil rights movement in the United States took place in Prince Edward County, Virginia, between 1959 and 1964. Probably you’ve not heard this story unless you’re familiar with the civil rights movement. But it says so much about racial hatred and […]
Tag: Miscegenation
Elizabeth Eckford & the Little Rock Nine
You’ve probably seen the photograph of Elizabeth Eckford, even if you didn’t know that was the woman’s name. In a way, it’s a chilling image. It, and the Little Rock Nine, remain a prominent feature in any history of the civil rights movement in the United States. Elizabeth Eckford, a young African American with large […]
The Little Rock Nine Begin Classes
The Little Rock Nine is the name given to the nine students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. September 25 was the day the Little Rock Nine attended their first classes. What happened in Little Rock was one of the first big showdowns between segregationists and the US government following […]