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Elizabeth Eckford in Pensacola to share how she braved hate as one of the Little Rock Nine
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the first Black students in the country to integrate into a white high school will be in...
On this day in history the Little Rock 9 entered school for the first time
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn this Sept. 25, 1957, file photo, nine African American students enter Central High School in...
Elizabeth Eckford, one of the ‘Little Rock Nine,’ to speak in South Florida on Tuesday
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA civil rights leader and member of the “Little Rock Nine,” who encountered a hostile mob as she tried to desegregate her high school in 1957, will speak at the Coral Springs Center for the ...
In The American Public Education System, Black Children Are The New Cotton
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoElizabeth Eckford ignores the hostile screams and stares of fellow students on her first day of...
In honor of Black History Month, 10Best tours two campuses at the heart of school desegregation
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThey were just trying to go to school. But when nine Black students attempted to enter the all-white Little Rock Central High School on Sept. 4, 1957, they were turned away by the Arkansas National ...
How did white students respond to school integration after Brown v. Board of Education?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAmericans’ collective memory of school desegregation involves crowds of screaming white protesters....
New transmission line routes selected in Branch and Calhoun counties
The Daily Reporter via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoInternational Transmission Company selected its primary and secondary routes through Branch and...
From separate hotels to cemeteries, striking historical photos show what segregation looked like in...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfrican American men wearing tuxedos carry a coffin and a "Here Lies Jim Crow" sign down the middle...
Justice Stephen Breyer's blunt message to Supreme Court conservatives: 'Slow down'
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAssociate Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired from the high court in 2022 but isn't...
Adapted for young readers, Carlotta Walls LaNier’s ‘A Mighty Long Way’ shows why we still fight
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCarlotta Walls LaNier, the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine, shares her memories, the...