cold war lisa

Little Rock Little Rock was a small town in Arkansas but soon to be known all over the world. Racial discrimination had been part of the United States for a long time and had gotten even bigger during the Cold War. Most white people had thought they were better than African Americans, Asian or Latin American people. Pretty much everything in America had been segregated from African American to White people such as, buses, schools, bathrooms, and even drinking fountains!

In 1957, the government had decided to take nine African American students into an all white school. However, the government didn’t realize how dangerous this would be for the African American students. September 4, 1957, when the nine students walked into the school, many white students were crowded around them and yelling and screaming to go back to their own school. Some of the students got so mad they confronted them, but soon enough the national guard was there to help the nine students into the building.

Around the world, many people would look at picturing and see the national guard holding guns and wearing gas masks. This made people not want to come to America. This made America look weak and judgemental. President Eisenhower had been notified that th a problem in Little Rock so he put a stop to it at once.