Sept. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. After ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Travelers players visited Little Rock Central High School this week to reflect on Juneteenth and learn more about the legacy of the Little Rock Nine. Juneteenth, ...
Nearly 70 years after the Little Rock Nine made history by integrating Central High School, their legacy continues to inspire students and the community. Edmond W. Davis, a social historian, reflected ...
Jared Sundstrom and Lazaro Montes of the Arkansas Travelers wearing Little Rock Nine uniforms. Members of the Arkansas Travelers stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a game in North Little Rock ...
During my internship at the museum, I had the immense pleasure of working with a collection of objects donated by Minnijean Brown Trickey. Minnijean was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of ...
Little Rock is no stranger to national attention. All eyes turned to Arkansas’s capital when, in 1957, nine brave Black high school students crossed lines of protesters to effectively desegregate a ...
Elizabeth Eckford at the Little Rock Nine Monument at the Arkansas Capitol. Credit: Brian Chilson Strange bedfellows made up the crowd Friday morning at a ceremony honoring the 20th anniversary of the ...
In a Friday speech commemorating the 20th anniversary of "Testament: The Little Rock Nine Monument" on the state Capitol grounds, Elizabeth Eckford — one of the "Little Rock Nine" — stressed the ...