#1 Click this link to see Blog page --> 09/04/2018

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#2 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/04/2021 #4

In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine black students from entering all white Central High School in Little Rock. #LittleRock9 #CivilRights

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/05/2021 #12

In 2010, Jefferson Allison Thomas, one of nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in America’s first major battle over school segregation, died in Columbus, OH, at age 67. #CivilRights #LittleRock9

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/23/2021 #7

In 1957, nine black students who’d entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside. #LittleRock9

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/24/2021 #8

In 1957, Elizabeth Ann Eckford on her first day Integrated into a Little Rock High School, 1957. #ElizabethEckford #LittleRock9

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/25/2021 #5

In 1957, nine black students who’d been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. #LittleRock9 “Unruly white crowds”? Translated to racist white supremist crowds?

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