Why do you think Elizabeth Eckford encountered such a hostile reaction when she arrived at Central High School? Cite evidence from your textbook to support your opinion.
Elizabeth Eckford encountered such a hostile reactiona when she arrived at Central High because the majority of the people of Little Rock did not want thier schools to become intergrated. She was one of the nine brave students who tried to intergrate the school, and because of that she was harrased and threatened by her fellow classmates and anyone who was standing outside watching. "Governor Orval Faubus publicly showed support for segregation. In September 1957, he ordered the National Guard to turn away the 'Little Rock Nine' ". Because of this Elizabeth was met with even more of a hostile enviorment with the national guard trying to push her away.
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