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This is important because it brought the U.S into World War 2. It also was the day that Melba Patillo was born.
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This is important because he was the first black to integrate into the MLB. This was a very big advancement in integration and gave hope to many other people.
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This is important because he made the decision to use an atomic bomb against japan and he ended World War 2.
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This is important because one black student was able to go the University of Oklahoma in the same class as white students. He did have to sit in his own corner fenced in but he still got an education.
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This is important because it was just another advancement on what the blacks can do and will get to do in the future.
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This is important because she stood her ground and it showed the segregationists no matter what they did there is going to be a change somehow no matter hat they do like expel her from the bus or even everyone from the buses.
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This is important because it was the first of five cases that was involved in the Brown vs Board of Education.
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This is important because it was one of the first wars were both white and blacks were fighting at the same time. It showed that no matter what they were equal and they can do the same things whites can. Also the 101st airborne division that comes to protect the nine students fought in this war.
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This is important because the supreme court ruled that segregation was illegal so it made it possible for her to have the chance of going to Central High School.
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This is important because it showed her that this situation was going to be tough and how against people were of integration being legal.
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This is important because Emmett Till was murdered by a white male when he didn't do anything. This gave the blacks more of a fire in their belly to fix segregation.
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This event is important because it showed the segregationists that the black people won't stand for it anymore and they want to put an end to segregation.
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This important because it showed the disciplined the blacks had towards segregation.
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Schools integrating was important because it is what lead Melba to being able to integrate into Central High School that taught her how to grow and become a strong woman.
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This is important because the National Guard stopped the nine students from going to school and didn't help when one of the nine were being hurt/harassed by the mob in front of the school. This teaches Melba that not everyone is on her side.
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This is important because Melba realized how big this was going to be and how hard it was going got be when she arrived and there was a huge mob that was surrounding the school saying mean things and eventually trying to harm her and her mother
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Central High School officially integrating was important because Melba finally got to achieve her dream of seeing the inside of the school she had also dreamed about. On her first day she learned how not everyone accepted her and how to act. Integrating into Central High also lead to many other black students and the black community to be accepted in community's.
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This is important because it protected her from any students harming her and her bodyguard helped save her from going blind.
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This is important because Danny helped her and she realized how harsh and how unsafe the high school is.
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This is important because Danny, her bodyguard from the 101st airborne division saved her from going blind.
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This was important because they protected the students form what they could in the school during the day but they also never fully did their job because not all of them believed in integration.
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This is important because it gave segregationists a reason to be happy and anti segregationists a reason to be upset. It also gave segregationists a why to get rid of the nine students that integrated into Central High School.
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This is important because a white student helped her get away when she was being attacked. This let her feel that not every student at the school is against her and gave her hope.
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This is important because they have finally got rid of one of the nine students that integrated into Central High School.
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This is important because Ernest was one of the first nine students to integrate and it showed the segregationists that blacks can get the same education as any white student.
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This is important because her grandma is what kept her going and helped her not lose hope during the toughest times.
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This is important because President Kennedy ended up helping the blacks through segregationists and integration a lot.
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This is important because Mathew Beals was white guy and he taught her many things.
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This is important because it allowed the blacks to finally feel safe and confident to walk to streets without getting called names. It also made them more equal like not having separate bathrooms and water fountains.
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This is important because it is when Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech and it showed unity in the U.S.
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This is important because it made the blacks more of a reason to fight and not allow stuff like bombings to be ok just because of the color of their skin.
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This is important because he was a leader in the civil rights movement and because he was assassinated it gave the blacks once again even more of a reason to make change in segregation and integration.
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This is important because it was a fight over integration of school buses for children who are on their way to school etc. The blacks were finally allowed to be in the same school as whites but were not allowed on the same buses. So they technically were not getting the same education experience.
