On Sept. 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deployed federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to guide nine Black students into Central High School. Known as the Little Rock Nine, these young ...

Four of the Little Rock Nine. From left to right: Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Elizabeth Eckford, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Terrence Roberts and moderator Brian Schwieger from the National Park Service ...

1957: National Guard troops form a line in a street to enforce desegregation at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. 1957: National Guard troops form a line in a street to enforce desegregation at ...

Over 60 years ago the Little Rock Nine made history when they entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Today, over 60 years ago, nine Black teenagers, escorted by federal troops, walked ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (WHSV) - Nearly 70 years ago on Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas National Guard troops blocked several Black students, known today as the Little Rock Nine, from entering Little Rock’s Central ...

Sept. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. After ...

During this month back in 1957, nine students known as the iconic ‘Little Rock Nine,’ were integrated into Little Rock Central High School following Brown v. Board of Education. These students were ...

A man who was at the center of one of the defining moments of the Civil Rights Movement will be the keynote speaker Monday morning at UW-Tacoma's Unity Breakfast at Philip Hall. Dr. Terrence Roberts ...

During my internship at the museum, I had the immense pleasure of working with a collection of objects donated by Minnijean Brown Trickey. Minnijean was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of ...