A Little Rock Central High School student hangs a medal around the neck of one of the bronze statues of the Little Rock Nine, part of a twentieth anniversary celebration of the memorial on Aug. 29, ...

Editor's Note: This coverage was made possible by donations to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Community Journalism Project. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Of the honors that Elizabeth Eckford and the other ...

Elizabeth Eckford at the Little Rock Nine Monument at the Arkansas Capitol. Credit: Brian Chilson Strange bedfellows made up the crowd Friday morning at a ceremony honoring the 20th anniversary of the ...

LITTLE ROCK — The author of a forthcoming book related to Little Rock’s 1957 integration crisis said Monday that the 10-year effort has been more about self-examination than judging the hearts of ...

In 1957, nine Black students entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, an all-white school. A monument was installed on Capitol grounds in Little Rock in 2025. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Saturday, two of the surviving members of the Little Rock Nine were honored at the Arkansas Travelers game along with the relatives of other members. “It's really a ...

Little Rock Nine student Elizabeth Eckford is being harassed in this famous Will Counts photo. The main heroes portrayed in words and photos are the Little Rock Nine -- the Black students who ...

Correspondent photos / Sean Barron Sojourn to the Past students ascended the steps at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, last week in a manner reminiscent of how nine black students entered ...