Seventy years after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision ended racial segregation in public schools, members of the "Little Rock Nine" -- the first group of African American ...
THEIR TAKES ON THE STATE OF SCHOOLING IN ARKANSAS, AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE LITTLE ROCK NINE TALKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND ANSWERED SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE AT THE EVENTS. ONE PERSON ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — People all across the state of Arkansas are mourning the loss of one of their own. According to reports, Thelma Mothershed, one of the members of the Little Rock Nine, passed away ...
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Saturday, two of the surviving members of the Little Rock Nine were honored at the Arkansas Travelers game along with the relatives of other members. “It's really a ...
1957: Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort the Little Nine students into Central High School. Credit: National Archives Sixty-five years ago, nine teenagers braved Little Rock Central High ...
A member of the Little Rock Nine has died. Thelma Mothershed Wair died Saturday at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, said her sister, Grace Davis. Mothershed Wair, 83, suffered from multiple ...
Members of the Little Rock Nine speaking to high school seniors on the 66th anniversary of the Little Rock Central High desegregation crisis criticized legislation passed in Arkansas and across the ...
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — On Sept. 25, 1957, under the escort of federal troops, nine African American students changed history by becoming the first to integrate into Little Rock's Central High School. On ...