Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine teenagers who helped to break the bonds of segregation when they were the first Black ...
In 1957, the North Little Rock 6 walked together up the steps of old main in a stance against segregation and members recounted the events that took place. "They came from everywhere," said Eugene ...
Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine Black teenagers who enrolled at an all-white school following the passage of Brown vs ...
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 ...
Little Rock's history is even evident in its local ... Board of Education, which ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional. The day the students went to school, they were met with a ...
Rock Island’s MLK Center celebrated the holiday and 50 years since the center first opened. Monday’s ceremony featured scholarship presentations, spoken word performances, music from a ...