Black History Lesson: Desegregation

July 1965: Susie Sanders and Shirley Martin seated on a bench on the lawn of Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, Alabama.These young women were two of the first three African American students to attend the school. The school was integrated in September 1964 when Susie was a sophomore and Shirley was a senior.    Dorothy Counts being mocked by an entirely white audience on enrollment day at Harding High School. September 4th, 1957     Elizabeth Eckford was one of the "Little Rock Nine" which was a group of African American students who, in September 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in  Little Rock Arkansas. The integration came as a result of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Her image was captured and shown around the world after photographer Will Counts snapped her being chased by an angry white mob down the street. (She later received an apology from one of the angry students in the"lynch" mob). Pass the word! Happy Learning! Nata Bee