An American hero

Jefferson Thomas was a average young African-American would made history. He was one of the "Little Rock Nine," which means there was nine colored teens to integrate a public school for white teens. He did this in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. When he died on Sept.5 2010, his friend and family honored his legacy and honored him as a pioneer who open doors for many other generations to come. Thomas was a teenager at the center of the civil rights movement. Leader who were invovled the movement opposed the seperation of blacks and whites going to seperate buildings. They finally achieved this goal in 1957, many didn't approve but the law was passed anyway. The case that was won was called Brown vs. Broad of Education. In the law it meant that black kids could attend all white schools and this happened in 1957 and this law had to be obey. The plan was to let African-American students to attend all white schools. Thomas was 15 years old at the time and volunteered to do this. But this process wasn't easy and African-American fount it hard to deal with because of the whites being hateful toward them. Whites students and parents protested this law outside of the school and didn't approve of the law at all. Thomas and other students had officers escort them into school and to their classes including lunch and when they went home. They did this to ensure the safety of the black teens.