In 1954, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision, ruling that segregation was illegal after hearing arguments in the Brown v. Board of Education case. This marked the formal end of segregation ...

Members of the Little Rock Nine "were all targets" at Central, but that virulent opposition made them into "heroes," Brown Trickey noted. Had the backlash against their school attendance not been such ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Carlotta Walls LaNier— the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, a group of Black students who were chosen to integrate into Central High School in 1957— will release her first picture ...

It is only 9 in the morning, but the sun in Little Rock, Arkansas is beating down on the pavement as it does this time of the year. It is uncomfortably muggy, so 78-year-old Elizabeth Eckford elects ...

A new book for young readers recalls a tense moment in U.S. history. It's the end of the summer in 1957. Children are headed back to class, and Carlotta Wall's Uncle Em gives her a $20 bill to buy a ...

Forty-two students of color in the Easton Area School District will be honored for academic and personal achievements on Thursday. EASD announced that it will recognize these students at its 12th ...

MORE TIME TO TRAVEL A visit to the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site in Arkansas offers a glimpse of history and heroism. MORE TIME TO TRAVEL - Explore new places and savor new ta ...

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