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Fre from the Rock is a great book that i would definitely recommend to others. It is set in 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas, a city boiling over racial segregation Black and white youths are hot blodded and hot tempered, and many adults fan these flames of
wiotence. The protagónist is fifteen-year-old Sytvia Patterson, a fictional character who loves boys, music, and poetry.
Sytvia is not excited about hie sod encan students to integrate the all-white Central Hioh Schonl bt
anything to get on it lust a few days later, Sytvia's brother gets beaten up by three white hovs This malkes to be on Sul the list and will do
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up by three white boys. This makes Sylvia doubt the idea
One thing I loved about this book is that I feel like I really know and understand the characters and what they go through, I also
Readers will be shocked to learn about the fear and ignorance of the Arkansas Governor
even more.
w Sylvia's connection with a Jewish girl; she realizes the hatred and bigotry is not aimed
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only at hiseke
and others who opposed integration
Sylvia's family experiences hatred, racism, and violence, but manages to support each other. Sylvia finally builds up enough
courage to tell her teacher, Miss Washington, if she wil face the challenge and be part of the historic qroup, The Little Rock Nine.
This emotional and realistic novel will take you on a roller coaster of emotions. I recommend the ride!
The Little Rock Nine article excerpt from civilrightshistory. gov
One of the most famous cases of integration is the story of the Little Rock Nine a
Little Rock Central High School in 1957. On September 4th, 1957, the first da
le Kock Nine, a group of African-American students enrolled in
wnte mob gathered in
front of the school, and Governor Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the blaci
response to Faubus' action, a team of NAACP lawyers, including Thurgood Marshall, filed a court injunction to
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governor from blocking the students entry. With the help of police escorts, the students successfully entered the school through
ide entrance on 23 September 1957. Fearing escalating mob violence, however, the students were rushed home soon
afterward
Observing the standoff between Faubus and the federal judiciary, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, sent a telegram to President
Eisenhower urging him to "take a strong forthriat
government did not take a stand against the injustice it would "set th
le Rock situation." King told the president that if the federal
illions of peoples of good will and
nts, who were shielded
rocess of integration back fifty years. This is a great
opportunity for you and the federal government to back up the longings an
make law and order a reality (King, 9 September 1957), Aware that the Little Rock incident
embarrassment, Eisenhower ordered troops from the Army's 101st Airborne Division to protect thes
by federal troops and the Arkansas National Guard for the remainder of the school year. Ina 25 Septemb
the president's actions: "I wish to express my sincere support for the stand you have taken to restore law and order in Little Rock,
Arkansas.
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A comparison and contrast of these texts shows that
A)Draper uses an actual historical event to create a character's
conflict based on those events.
B)to add dramatic conflict, Draper makes many changes to the
historical account of integration.
C) Draper chooses the hot and extreme climate of a southern state two highlight the heated conflict of integration. D) Draper writes a story that avoids the violence that occurred during the struggle to integrate American schools

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