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 ...
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 ...