My overall takeaway from today is the importance of education. We went to Little Rock Central High School that was one of the 1st school that was integrated in Arkansas. There's were people who fought for an education with a diverse classroom and more options and we sometimes take that for granted. We had the honor to meet Dr. Sybil Hampton. She replaced one of the Little Rock Nine who got expelled for responding to her abusers who would spit in her face. The three rules that they have for the colored kids when being integrated;
One is no extracurricular activities. Ms.Cybill expressed that at Dunbar (the black high school) she was able to be apart of a plethora of electives.
The second one was that their parents were unable to take them to school so they had to find their own rides but the NAACP chairmen for Little Rock, the principal and her secretary were very protective and supportive of them all.
The third one was that they can't retaliate to their abusers. One thing that I had no clue about was the lost year in Little Rock public schools. Children had no school for a year.
Another big takeaway that I got was how any involvement of a big movement like that is appreciated. When we went to the National Civil Rights Museum we saw the room that Martin Luther King stayed in. We saw how the others had to help carry on the rest of the movement. We also noticed that the Black Lives Matter movement doesn't have anyone's face or name connected to it like the Civil Rights Movement did. The enslavement exhibit really hit me with the fact that we are the next leaders like King.
Victoria Able, City Neighbors High School
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