When her school made an announcement asking if anyone wanted to attend Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, she signed ... one of the “Little Rock Nine" — the first Black ...

Whether it’s black-and-white photos of Arkansas’ Little Rock Nine or Norman Rockwell’s famous painting of New Orleans ...

According to reports, Thelma Mothershed, one of the members of the Little Rock Nine, passed away over the weekend. In 1957, ...

Wair was one of nine African-American students to enroll at Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The students were ...

During the summer of 1957, he called for a delay to desegregation ... At that point, Ernest Green, the only one of the Little Rock Nine who was old enough, graduated from Central High.

In 1957, the post-World War II baby boom peaked. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Arkansas to uphold the court-ordered integration of public schools, and the Little Rock Nine bravely ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 25--Citizens of this border ... only a handful saw the United States Army staff car which unloaded nine Negro students in front of Central High School at 9:22 this morning.

In 1957, nine Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. The school had been all-white since its construction in 1927. Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green ...