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The first day was what many thought was the worst. All of the Little Rock Nine were called and told to meet at Daisy Bate's house, the president of the NAACP, so they could walk into school together. Everyone but Elizabeth Eckford, who at that time did not have a phone or another way to contact. She left with her mother, and to her great surprise was met with a mob, and National Guards surrounding the school. She tried entering the school, but instead National Guards had a gun pointed at her with the command to leave. She followed their command and went to go sit at the bus stop, waiting to be dropped off at her mothers work. Years later she added, "It was the longest block I had ever walked in my life." As she sat Daisy Bates husband, Benjamin Fine, came and whispered in her ear, "Don't let them see you cry."
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This same routine happened for the next few weeks until September 23, 1957 they were snuck in. The guards had been removed by order of the President Eisenhower and the 101st Airborne Division were sent in to help Eckford, and the other eight. When the mob found out they went mad. The people were furious and there had to be something done. The guards made a distraction as they were escorted out of the building from the back. Weeks later they could finally go to class, then as things were settled down the guards were able to leave.

There were many great Americans who brought us to where we are today. Everyone did it for a certain reason. Elizabeth Eckford and the Little Rock Nine fought for school desegregation and the right to go to a public school. Eckford triumphed over many unpleasant situations that most would run from. Her life left a dent in history that makes everyday life the way it is today. What they did brought America in that time, a step into what we are today, desegregated. Then In 1957, the year that Elizabeth went to Central High was far beyond a normal school year. She was tortured, taunted, and hurt. She feared to step into the halls and go into gym, which were the worst places for her to go. She was whipped with the towels in the locker rooms, tripped on the stairs, and had names flashed at her every second of the day. She was treated with disrespect and had hardly any friends except for the other eight.
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now After I read about Elizabeth, I found the topic of school desegregation running through my head all the time. I had never stopped a minute to think why my school is the way it is, a mixture of all different cultures and colors. She made it so many of the people in our country were treated with the respect that they deserved. So they got the education that they needed to get to be the great African American people that they are, and reach their full potential.