Brown v.

Board of Education & Little Rock Nine: An Annotated Bibliography

Opposition to the Brown v. Board of Education Decision. (2018). In Gale In Context

Online Collection. Gale.
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2181500208/CIC?u=cnnjbic&sid=bookmark-
CIC&xid=7dc4c71c

This article describes the Brown v. Board of Education event, including its historical
background, how people reacted, and what effects it brought to society. Moreover, it
also stresses the opposition of the white society to the Brown v. Board of Education,
such as the fierce reaction of the white public and the inaction of the supreme court.

It is helpful as all of the information is clear and organized, in which every paragraph
follows a subtitle that briefly summarizes what is written. However, as the subtopic is
the fierce objection from the white society in Brown v. Board of Education, only part
of the content will be referred to in this article.

Brown v. Board of Education. (2020). In Gale In Context Online Collection. Gale.

https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BXAGAO264644678/CIC?u=cnnjbic&sid=bookmark-
CIC&xid=107e9e55

This is an article that briefly introduces what Brown v. Board of Education is. It
illustrates the segregation and racism after the civil war and highlights the black
people’s pursuit of freedom and fair treatment. What is more, an explicit timeline of
the civil rights movement is also shown in this paper, from “1954: The U.S. Supreme
Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education that it is unlawful to segregate public
schools by race” to “1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis,
Tennessee”. It also stresses the effects of the Black v. Board of Education, pointing
out that desegregation is still in progress.

Overall, this material is partially useful. Nevertheless, it is not firmly connected to the
subtopic, which is the fierce objections from white society. Therefore, this article can
be primarily used as reading material that helps gain historical background
knowledge instead of using it as a quotation.

Brown v. Board of Education Ruling, 1954. (1997). In DISCovering U.S. History. Gale.
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2104240331/CIC?u=cnnjbic&sid=bookmark-
CIC&xid=b22a8b20

This paper mainly demonstrates Brown v. Board of Education, ruling in 1954. At the
beginning of the battle, The unsupportive attitude of the government is shown.
When Oliver Brown was told that his eight-year-old daughter Linda could not attend
the neighborhood elementary school four blocks from their home, instead, she had
to attend the segregated school for black children, they started a lawsuit that kept
losing for four years, and the long journey of black people’s rise began. Fortunately,
they finally won the battle a few years later.

Generally speaking, this paper is useful as it introduces the government’s attitude

towards black people fighting for the same education rights as white people. Details
of the laws, such as “separate but equal,” were also illustrated clearly.