ABSTRACT
Hitler's German troops were steadily bombing the once mighty nation and British citizens experienced a growing acceptance of the inevitability of falling under Nazi rule. The country had lost its confidence, its spirit, and its fight—all except its prime minister, Winston Churchill. Known for pounding the podium while boldly cajoling those he served to never give in, he was able to tap into one of the essential drivers of human existence: hope. Churchill reminded Britain that "success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" and thereby inspired a whole nation that its brightest days extended beyond Hitler's bombs. In many ways, Churchill's spirit can be appropriately applied to the future of learning in America. The future of those children, in that Little Rock school, even the poorest and shoeless among them, would not be dictated by the social circumstances of their birth.
