

The Little Rock Nine | School Desegregation 1957
The Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American students, began desegregating Arkansas’s Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Despite the danger and daily harassment requiring military guards, the students excelled in life. Melba Pattillo Beals experienced severe harassment and threats at school. She wrote about her struggles in her memoir, “Warriors Don’t Cry.” Once suspended for accidentally spilling chili on white students while being harassed, Minnijean Brown-T
Susan Stoderl
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