Did segregated schools rush to integrate? Did they create comprehensive plans to make sure that all children had equal educational opportunities? The simple answer is absolutely not. The Little Rock Nine—Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo—the students who publicly attempted to integrate Central High School in 1957, were very prominent, visible members of this quest for school equality and integration.
