Summary:The nine students are now allowed to go back to school. They are dropped off at Mrs. Bates' home and escorted to school in cars with the NAACP. A police officer had called them and told them to enter through the side door. They did and then went to their classrooms. That same day while they were getting escorted, journalists were beat up by the mob out front. One of them, Wilson was hit with a brick in the head, causing him to get a disease with a nervous condition. He died 3 years later. That first day she got pushed and more. Later that day, the nine were all escorted out of school while school was still in session in a hurry. They were in danger because of the angry mob. They had to cover up with blankets in the car so no one wouldn't see them.
That night Carlotta, watched television where President Eisenhower, gave a speech saying how he will try his best to protect the nine and that there should be peace. He also said how he was going to send the military force troops to Little Rock to escort the nine throughout the whole day of school. They nine, ready to go to school again, met at the Bates' home. The troops got there and escorted them to school. This time they walked into the front entrance of the school. There daily lives as students at Central was a battle. They got called names, they got pushed and spit on. Carlotta struggled with this and had to learn how to protect her own self. Her guard seemed to not see or hear anything, like the spitting, so she had to learn different techniques of defending herself. Once her books got pushed out her hand and as she bent down to get them, another kid kicked her from behind making her fall on her face. She learned things like walking close to the wall really helped. Carlotta hated speaking about her day at school because it made her relive something she didn't want to. It made her lose energy and feel down.
One of the people who bothered Carlotta was a redheaded girl. She would constantly step on Carlotta's heels over and over again on purpose, which caused her to bleed. The nine were warned not to do anything back to them, so she just kept on walking. One day, though, as the redheaded girl did her daily routine, Carlotta turned around and the girl froze in silence. The girl She walked away.
Minnie, one of the nine, got suspended because she dumped chili on a boys head. The boy was bullying her and she let her anger take over her. Later, that year, she got suspended again and eventually expelled. People were so angry about intergration, there were many bomb threats of the school. There were sympathetic kids at school and also the trouble makers. The sympathetic ones were nice to the nine, but were never seen with them.
Quote: "So without a word, I just wiped my face against the sleeve of my dress and kept on trekking."(Lanier 100).
Reaction: This was after the kids in school spit on her face. She stayed calm and just wiped her face. This shows she tried her best not to stoop to their level. Its a very hard thing to stay calm like that if someone spit on you.
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