LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Among the most lasting and indelible images of the civil rights movement were the nine Black teenagers who had to be escorted by federal troops […]
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Profiles of the Incredibly Brave Little Rock Nine Who Integrated Central High
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The nine Black teenagers who integrated Little Rock’s Central High School in September 1957 all went on to seek higher education. Eight remain alive. This […]
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AP Was There: Lawyers Argue over Separate but Equal Doctrine
WASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: Sixty years ago, nine Black students enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, putting to test a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in […]