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Minnijean Brown-Trickey (born September 11, 1941) was one of a group of African American teenagers known as the "Little Rock Nine." On September 25, 1957, under the gaze of 1,200 armed soldiers and a worldwide audience, Minnijean Brown-Trickey faced down an angry mob and helped to desegregate Central High. She was suspended in December 1957 for dropping her tray, on which she had a bowl of chili, on the floor and splashing two white boys, after several chairs had been pushed in her way, withdrawn, and then pushed in her way again, in the cafeteria,〔Huckaby, Elizabeth. Crisis at Central High: Little Rock 1957-58: Louisiana State University Press, 1980, p. 103.〕 and, as america.gov records, "expelled in February, for calling a girl 'white trash' after the girl taunted her and hit her with a purse."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2007/August/20070824131706berehellek0.2049982.html ).〕 In her adult life, Brown-Trickey continues to be an activist for minority rights. She lived in Canada for a number of years in the 1980s and 1990s, getting involved in First Nations activism and studying social work at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, and later completing a Master of Social Work degree at Carleton University in Ottawa. She has received the Congressional Gold Medal, the Wolf Award, the Spingarn Medal, and many other citations and awards.〔 Under the Clinton administration, she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior responsible for diversity.〔〔.〕 A documentary film about Brown-Trickey entitled ''Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey (2002)'' was produced by North-East Pictures in Ottawa, where Brown-Trickey lived during the 1990s. In 2007, Laurentian also honored Trickey with an honorary doctorate of laws.〔.〕 Brown-Trickey has moved back to Little Rock, and resides there with her mother and sister. Her daughter Spirit Trickey also resides in Little Rock, and is employed at Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, where she interprets her mother's, and the other eight students' struggle to enter Central.〔.〕 ==Media portrayals== Brown-Trickey has been depicted in two made-for-television movies about the Little Rock Nine. She was portrayed by Regina Taylor in the 1981 CBS movie ''Crisis at Central High'',〔( ''Crisis at Central High'' at the Internet Movie Database )〕 and by Monica Calhoun in the 1993 Disney Channel movie ''The Ernest Green Story''.〔( ''The Ernest Green Story'' at the Internet Movie Database )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minnijean Brown-Trickey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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