A half century ago they were the first African American students to enroll in five previously all-White junior high schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were called on to break down long-standing ...

“There are two specific groups that know the story of desegregation in Little Rock 67 years ago,” she said. “The people who are bold enough to watch the 6 o’clock news every night and ...

This year marked the 67th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School when the Little Rock Nine were finally able ...

At the end of 2024 came the christening of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at Newport News Shipbuilding ...

The Little Rock Nine's historic and brave acts helped ... sits kitty-corner to the school and features exhibits about the desegregation crisis as well as a book store. There is also a ...

During the summer of 1957, he called for a delay to desegregation. The first year at Central High School, Little Rock Superintendent Blossom reduced the number of black students who were permitted ...

The Little Rock Nine's historic and brave acts helped ... sits kitty-corner to the school and features exhibits about the desegregation crisis as well as a book store. There is also a ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A North Little Rock school was renamed to honor the North Little Rock Six, 60 years after the six African American students made history. On Friday, many gathered at ...

Harlem mother Mae Mallory fought a school system that she saw as ‘just as Jim Crow’ as the one she had attended in the South.

Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine teenagers who helped to break the bonds of segregation when they were the first Black students to attend Little Rock Central High School. Little Rock Nine ...