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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.30,0:00:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ernest Green] The local newspaper,\Nthe {\i1}Arkansas Gazette{\i0}, at that time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.06,0:00:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indicated that the {\i1}Brown{\i0}\Ndecision was gonna change
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.98,0:00:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the face of the South forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.70,0:00:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember those words and\NI thought to myself, "Good,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.61,0:00:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause I think the face of\Nthe South ought to change."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.86,0:00:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will not force my people to integrate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.48,0:00:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against their will.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.49,0:00:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Green] The governor of the state,\NOrval Faubus,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.32,0:00:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided that he was gonna use Central
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.48,0:00:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as his point of resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.85,0:00:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of us of the Nine anticipated\Nthat the resistance would
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.59,0:00:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be as strong as it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.40,0:00:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The night before we were to go to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.28,0:00:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Governor called out the\NArkansas National Guard,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.59,0:00:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unbeknownst to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.68,0:00:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we appeared at\NCentral the first day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.49,0:00:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the National Guard was\Nthere to bar our entrance
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.91,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let white students go into the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.83,0:00:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was rejection that I had\Nnever experienced like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.03,0:01:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed to me that if\Nthey were going to all
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.05,0:01:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this trouble to keep me out,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.86,0:01:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was something bigger\Nthan my simply going to class.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.93,0:01:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only when we got home\Nfrom school that day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.63,0:01:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did we realize what an\Nordeal, personal ordeal,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.38,0:01:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elizabeth had gone through, and\Nthat she certainly faced more
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.67,0:01:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the mob directly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.30,0:01:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always applaud the fact\Nthat she was able to keep
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.84,0:01:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both her composure and try to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.63,0:01:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to get out of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.82,0:01:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started school on\Nthe 25th of September.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.76,0:01:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Reporter] President\NEisenhower sends 500 troops
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.04,0:01:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 101st Airborne Division\Nof the United States Army.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.01,0:01:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Green] It was a terrific feeling that\NPresident of the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.69,0:01:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would send troops to escort us\Ninto school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.48,0:01:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know what was\Ngonna happen after that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.81,0:01:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like going to war every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.06,0:01:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had students who tried\Nto use as much verbiage
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.94,0:01:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they could to intimidate us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.05,0:01:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had threats and comments that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.92,0:01:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, we would be killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.85,0:02:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all of us, we decided\Nthat this was a year
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.01,0:02:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were gonna support each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.21,0:02:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were gonna try to\Ndo as well as we could
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.93,0:02:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in academic work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.91,0:02:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some were a lot smarter than\Nme, but I also was determined
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.21,0:02:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this year I was gonna\Ngraduate from Central.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.33,0:02:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The principal of the\Nschool told me at one point
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.17,0:02:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the way that I didn't\Nhave to come to the ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.29,0:02:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would mail me my diploma.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.73,0:02:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, "Listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.74,0:02:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't go through all of\Nthis to pass up the ceremony."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.34,0:02:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe the world thought\Nthat, after Little Rock,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.15,0:02:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything is gonna be fixed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.68,0:02:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the important pieces, I'm sure,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.10,0:02:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't need to remind\Nanyone, that the history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.92,0:02:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of slavery in this country,\Nit makes it very difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.54,0:02:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to overcome a lot of issues on race.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.34,0:02:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a long way from being perfect,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.72,0:03:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we certainly are not what\Nwe were when I started out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.30,0:03:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that our\Nparticipation at Central is one
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.89,0:03:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those many steps that's\Ngone to change this country
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.80,0:03:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the better.