The Integration of Central HighChip CarterMr. EstesAmerican History II, C-BlockMarch 11, 20141957 was a year of irony and progress. It began and ended "Tuesday" and moved from the common principle that African Americans were not equal to whites to greater equality between the two races. It was a difficult time of change for Americans since the civil rights movement was at its peak in 1957. One of the major headlines that year was the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1954, the Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. As one of the first schools to integrate Central High School, known for the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine select African American students who changed history and began to change the common thinking of African Americans in a positive thought. For the purposes of this article, I will discuss the positive effects of the integration of Central High School and the Little Rock Nine. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools would be unconstitutional. About a year later, they reiterated their statement that segregation was unconstitutional and said they must proceed with desegregation "with all deliberate speed." Some school districts have begun to find loopholes to get around desegregation, but school officials in Little Rock, Alaska, said they would agree to desegregate and abide by what the Supreme Court said. School district officials created a system for interested black students to attend the school. Only white schools could go, but there was a catch. They had to go through a series of rigorous interviews to determine if they were suitable for admission. School officials interviewed near the middle of the newspaper ......n (ABHM Pg. 2) Central High, were that they were taking a small step toward equality for their race. The civil rights movement was a difficult but necessary time of change in America. In 1963, Daisy Bates, president of the Arkansas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said, "More than any other event in many years, Little Rock demonstrated the yawning gap between the Declaration of Independence, one of the most valuable documents of American history and the reality of 20th century America… The impact on Americans and on the world has been one of Little Rock's historic contributions to the global crusade for rights and dignity. Our county was built on equality, but to this day we continue to crusade for it, racially, sexually, religiously, etc. It takes courage to change and the Little Rock Nine embodied it..