Critical Thinking Questions   Home       If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     Imagine being one of the nine black students in Little Rock going to school this first day of integration - what would be going through your mind? What would you expect upon arriving at the school doors? What did this event mean to the rest of the United States? Do you think similar events were occurring throughout the South? What do you think would have happened if Eisenhower had not sent in the National Guard to escort the students to and from school? Why did Eisenhower remain virtually silent about Civil Rights and desegregation movements up until the integration of Central High School? What prompted the change from segregation to integration in the public school system, and who brought about this change?