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Thelma Mothershed Wair, Little Rock Nine member who integrated Arkansas school, dies aged 83
On September 4, 1957, after several attempts by the governor to prevent integration ... the rest of her high school classes outside Arkansas. She eventually graduated from Central High School ...
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Ike Places Ark. National Guard Under Army Control; U.S. Troops Guard Negroes Entering School
LITTLE ROCK--Paratroopers from the Army's famed 101st Airborne Division took up stations around Central High ... Arkansas National Guard and authorized use of regular troops to enforce federal ...
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Little Rock Central High School, 1957
The governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus ... During the summer of 1957, he called for a delay to desegregation. The first year at Central High School, Little Rock Superintendent Blossom reduced ...