On September 25, 1957, nine Black students courageously started their first full day at an all-white high school in Little ...

It’s appropriately uncomfortable when interpretive park ranger Jazmyn Bernard starts chanting “two, four, six, eight — we don ...

Virtual Author Talk with Dr. Melba Pattillo BealsHartford Public Library/ The BushnellHartfordMay 7, 2025 It’s not often that ...

The history tells a different story. The general story of the Little Rock Nine is known, but the legal posture is not. Randy and I discuss this history in the essay on Cooper v. Aaron in 100 Cases.

Orval E. Faubus, Sept. 5, 1957. In September 1957, nine Black children were to be enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock by order of a federal judge pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ...

If you have extra time, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site is worthwhile. In 1957, nine Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. The school had been all ...

Nine others were injured in the shooting. On Thursday, a community prayer event was held in Little Rock at the Awareness Center to honor the victims. Cartie Braggs, who attended the party that ...

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 ...

Six-year-old Ruby Bridges in New Orleans, the Little Rock Nine at Central High School in Arkansas, and other Black students desegregated schools across the South – often standing up to howling mobs.

It really resonates with me because it was written by the Beatles regarding the Little Rock Nine, and my parents are from Little Rock, Arkansas, and so they lived through that moment and they ...