ESL 081 - Reading 1
Warriors Don't Cry
 Instructor: Elizabeth Neblett
My e-mail address: neblett@hawk.ucc.edu

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Related Web Sites

Below is a list of websites that have more information related to the book. When you click on a link, you can read the newspaper articles in 1957, see actual photos, and read the speeches that were made. If you find any new sites that you think other students would like to see, please e-mail me the URL (web address) by clicking on my name.

Brown v. Board of Education
This web page describes the Supreme Court's decision determining that segregation of schools "solely on the basis of race" was unconstitutional.

Civil Rights Timeline
This page is a timeline of the Civil Rights movement from 1954 - 1992. You can click on the links to pho pages and to other information.

President Clinton Honors Little Rock Nine
A news report on the 40th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School.

Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary
A summary of the first year of integration with photos and links to the past.

History of Little Rock Public Schools Desegregation
A summary of the major desegregation events from 1957-1958 in Little Rock

Where is the Little Rock Nine Today?
This page tells you what each of the Little Rock Nine is doing today.

Interview
A 1957 "New York Post" interview with the student body president of Central High

The Arkansas Gazette
Here you can find the original newspaper stories and editorials tha were written during the period of desegregation.

 What is the NAACP?
This is a description of the NAACP, an organization that you see mentioned in Warriors Don't Cry.

 Thurgood Marshall
Read more about Thurgood Marshall, the primary lawyer for the Little Rock Nine.

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