Nine from Little Rock

Answer the following questions:

1. Describe the various legal, policy, military and social factors that resulted in the children being allowed to attend school in Little Rock, AR.
2. What does Joseph Thomas mean when he says “Obviously in this town of 100,000, there were many who didn’t like what was happening. But as we looked at the soldiers, we knew there must be millions of others who knew we represented something important?”
3. Joseph Thomas wonders how history will judge him and his cohort. How has history judged this moment in history? What evidence supports your point?
4. Have the various court cases succeeded in creating an education system that is free and appropriate for all?