The Choices People Made

Elizabeth Eckford's experience revealed that school integration would not come easily in Little Rock.

In the Fall of 1957, people in Little Rock and elsewhere had to decide where they stood on the issue of integration. The choices they made had consequences for themselves, their families, their communities, and the nation.

(Click on any of the links, below, for a series of short quotes and readings about the choices individuals made.)

• The Elected Leaders
  
  
• White Citizens in Little Rock
  
  
• Public Servants
  
  
• The "Little Rock Nine" and Their Parents
  
  
• White Students and Teachers at Central High School
  
  
• Legacies