Chronicles of black courage: the Little Rock 10. (1957 school desegregation)

From: Ebony | Date: December 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

1997 marks the 40th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine, the nine Black pupils who integrated the Arkansas public school system for the first time. Perhaps never given the credit she deserved for her tireless and courageous effort in the integration was Daisy Bates, president of the state NAACP.

FORTY Septembers ago, when the blue chips were down, the converging forces of the age fused in one Black woman and nine Black children. The names of the Nine--Thelma Mothershed Wair, Elizabeth Ann Eckford. Gloria Bay Kalrsmark Jefferson A. Thomas, Melba Patillo Beals, Ernest Green, Carlotta ...

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