Retropolis Sarah Huckabee Sanders invoked the Little Rock Nine. Here’s their real story. February 8, 2023 More than 2 years ago 4 min Summary ...

Surviving members of the Little Rock Nine – Black students who were the first to desegregate schools and break the color barrier in Arkansas – said they are “as bewildered as they were ...

In September 1957, nine African American high school students faced the fury and intimidation from an angry white mob of hundreds as they sought to attend Central High School in Little Rock ...

Each member of the Little Rock Nine was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, and they donated them to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock in 2011.

The Little Rock Nine Scholarship was created in 2013 by former Dean James L. "Skip" Rutherford III and the Little Rock Foundation. Since 2015, nearly $30,000 in scholarships have been awarded ...

Members of the Little Rock Nine met with high school seniors from across the city Monday to answer students' questions about public education, integration and real history. The Nine did not hold back.

Members of the "Little Rock Nine" expressed concern about Arkansas' new education laws during events commemorating the 66th anniversary of the historic desegregation at Little Rock Central High.

And my son? He’ll hear the story of the Little Rock Nine from me. And if he’s lucky, one day he’ll meet Carlotta Walls LaNier. Originally Published: September 25, 2007 at 6:00 AM MDT ...

Only eight of the Little Rock Nine are still alive. Before he died at age 67, Little Rock Nine’s Jefferson Thomas was a federal employee with the Department of Defense for 27 years.

In 1999, LaNier and the rest of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor. President Bill Clinton, an Arkansas native, bestowed the award.

Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas' capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults ...