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Johnny Cash Statue to Replace Racist Politician in U.S. Capitol
a civil rights leader who headed the state's NAACP chapter and mentored the Black students who came to be known as the Little Rock Nine and integrated Central High School in 1957. Her statue was ...
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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
In 1957, nine Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. The school had been all-white since its construction in 1927. Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green ...
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Little Rock Central High School, 1957
During the summer of 1957, he called for a delay to desegregation. The first year at Central High School, Little Rock Superintendent Blossom reduced the number of black students who were permitted ...
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The 'Man in Black' heads to Washington: Arkansas' Johnny Cash statue is on its way to the US Capitol
Another statue depicting civil rights leader Daisy Bates was unveiled at the Capitol earlier this year. Bates mentored the ...