Courtesy The Telegraph (UK) On her first morning of school, September 4 1957, Elizabeth Eckford’s primary concern was looking nice. Her mother had done her hair the night before; an elaborate two-hour ritual, with a hot iron and a hotter stove, of straightening and curling. Then there were her clothes. People in black Little Rock […]
LITTLE ROCK- — In Little Rock Arkansas where the Little Rock 9 fought to desegregate schools in 1957, schools once again have a segregation problem. Three school districts in Arkansas today are fighting for provisions that came from the struggle of the Little Rock 9. RELATED: Mississippi Schools Still Segregated Despite Court Order BET reports: […]
