South Brunswick High School Welcomes
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Ms. Elizabeth Eckford
Dr. Eurydice Stanley and Grace Stanley
Meet the Authors
Meet the Authors
Pensacola Mother, Daughter Win Award for Children’s Book on Little Rock Nine Bullying
Listen to Dr. Eurydice Stanley and her daughter Grace Stanley speak about their work with Elizabeth Eckford.
The New York Times covered the events of September 1957 from a variety of angles.
Primary source article include:
To find additional articles, try an advanced search for the keywords Little Rock Nine and limit the date to 1957.
Choices in Little Rock Study Guide
This 173 page study guide offers context and supporting materials for exploring the Little Rock Nine with your students. An except that might interest you is Elizabeth Eckford's account of trying to enter the high school on September 4, 1957. It is supplied here with some questions for a guided reflection.
The Lasting Impact of the Little Rock Nine
Presents a 60th Anniversary look back at the desegregation of Central High School.
Eisenhower Library - Resource List
The Eisenhower Presidential Library presents a resource list of primary sources connected to the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Materials presented include telegrams, diary entries, phone call and meeting notes from President Eisenhower connected to school desegregation.
National Museum of African American History and Culture - The Little Rock Nine
The Smithsonian presents a brief illustrated timeline of the integration of Central High School that includes photographs and artifacts from the Little Rock Nine students.
Photographs and Videos
Photographs and Videos
Complete (24:21) BBC News interviews Elizabeth Eckford from 2018.
To prepare students for our author visit, watch one of the following videos to foster understanding and empathy for our author. The clips provided are a variety of lengths to allow you to fit them within your instruction.
The American Red Cross shares a brief (3:55) account of Elizabeth Eckford's first day at Central High School.
Marquette University presents a short summary (3:41) of the importance of the Little Rock Nine.
Contemporary Social Justice Connections
Contemporary Social Justice Connections
Creating Classrooms for Social Justice
Features strategies for bring real world events into your classroom to broaden student learning.
Ask a question ahead of our author visit
Ask a question ahead of our author visit
Further reading and resources
Further reading and resources
"NAACP Lawyers Win Brown v. Board of Education (1954)." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2021, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/511260.
This photograph was nominated for a
Pulitzer Prize in photography
Counts, Will. Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Brown. 1957. Indiana University Bloomington Archives Photograph Collection, 2004, webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/archivesphotos/results/item.do?itemId=P0026600.
Are you looking for a specific resource to use with your students?
Ask Librarians Lisa Manganello or Kate Hanusosky for additional resources.
Are you looking for a specific resource to use with your students?
Ask Librarians Lisa Manganello or Kate Hanusosky for additional resources.
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