A compelling account of the Little Rock Nine, the first nine students to attend a desegregated school in Arkansas. Stills and video clips illustrate the tumultuous first year at Little Rock High School. Use this video to stir discussion...

The resource explains the importance of the Little Rock Nine and why President Eisenhower used military force to uphold the Supreme Court's decision to end segregation in schools. Scholars learn about attempts from the Arkansas...

Thurgood Marshall, civil rights leader, lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, is the subject of a very brief video overview of his life and major accomplishments.

Melba Patillo Beals was one of nine black students who desegregated Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Beals describes her tumultuous experience. [5:58]

Tells the story of the nine students who were the first African-Americans to attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas on September 4, 1957 when it was desegreagated. The uproar and resistance to this caused President Eisenhower...