At the end of 2024 came the christening of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at Newport News Shipbuilding ...
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.
None of the Nine had any idea what awaited them when they reached the campus. “The Little Rock Nine were just ordinary kids,” she said. “We weren’t special.” She said it was the ...
Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the group of nine teenagers who made history in 1957 when they became the first Black students to attend a previously segregated high school in Little Rock ...
Philadelphia Eagles safety Rodney McLeod shares a story of the Little Rock Nine who were a group of nine African American students who made national headlines when they integrated Little Rock ...
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) held a vibrant celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy at their 39th annual tribute to ...
If you have extra time, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site is worthwhile. In 1957, nine Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. The school had been all ...