african american students

Nine African-American teenagers from Little Rock, Arkansas, changed history when they went to Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Why? Because the school had previously been segregated. Read about their amazing story, their courageous determination, and how they succeeded in helping to eliminate segregation from the American school system forever.

Discusses the history of legal challenges to segregation in the United States focusing on the crisis surrounding the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, with eyewitness accounts from both black and white students at the high school.

Describes the unfair system of education in the United States called segregation and how nine African American students attempted to integrate Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

Presents the true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who, in 1960, became the first African-American student to attend her elementary school in New Orleans.

Latin instructor Jerome Washington, the only African-American teacher at an all-boys boarding school in Connecticut, finds his ideals about race challenged by a promising young African-American student who responds to Jerome in an unexpected way.

A retrospective look at the 1957 integration of nine African-American students into Little Rock Central High School that provides a look at the school fifty years later and discusses the event.

Examines theories used to explain the underachievement of African-American students in public schools, looks at effective teaching strategies for use with African-American students, discusses how teachers contribute to misbehavior in African-American students, and explores a variety of culturally sensitive issues and questions.

Discusses the impact of peer pressure on the academic achievement of African-American students, and offers suggestions to students, parents, and teachers on how to improve the odds of success.

The true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges who, in 1960, was one of the first African American students to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.

Provides strategies, tactics, and tools to help African-American junior high and high school students structure successful educational careers. Includes essays by fifteen educators and is supplemented by success stories of contemporary African-American high school students.