It took President Dwight Eisenhower sending in the 101st Airborne Division to disburse the crowd and make sure the Little Rock Nine got safely into school. An audience member asked Brown-Trickey ...

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.

In 1957, she was one of nine Black teenagers in Arkansas who enrolled at an all-white school following Brown vs. Board of Education. They're known as the Little Rock Nine. Just 15 years old at the ...

Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine Black teenagers who enrolled at Little Rock Central High School following the passage of Brown vs. Board of Education.

Arlo Washington, founder of the first Black-owned bank in Arkansas and star of the Oscar-nominated documentary "The Barber of ...

civil rights activist and member of the Little Rock Nine · Music from the Westbrook Singers · Spoken word performance by Aubrey Barnes · “I Have A Dream Award” presented for outstanding ...

Attendees packed the performing arts theater, rejoicing in performances from the Fire Ensemble Community Choir, words from local political leaders, and a keynote speech from Carlotta Walls LaNier, a ...

Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of the English rock ... one of the greatest U.K. avant/jazz-rock bands of all time. Though the band had little commercial success, Soft Machine ...

The Little Rock Nine's historic and brave acts helped to ... Students at the high school are tasked with interviewing a family member or friend about their experiences with desegregation, racism ...

Senate Joint Resolution 2 would transfer responsibility for drawing district maps to a new nine ... members regarding apportionment should be public,” King added. Sen. Clarke Tucker (D-Little ...

The annual event featured Carlotta Walls LaNier as the keynote speaker — a member of the Little Rock Nine, the group of Black children who attended Little Rock Central High School despite the ...