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A civil rights leader and member of the “Little Rock Nine,” who encountered a hostile mob as she tried to desegregate her high school in 1957, will speak at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts on ...

Just over a decade after she became a nationally recognized face of the civil rights movement as one of nine students to integrate Little Rock's Central High School, Elizabeth Eckford had yet to ...

MIAMI - Civil rights icon and member of the "Little Rock Nine," Elizabeth Eckford, made the Coral Springs Center for the Arts the final stop of her tour on Tuesday evening. Back in September of 1957, ...

Surviving members of the Little Rock Nine are speaking out against the Arkansas Department of Education’s controversial decision to drop AP African American studies courses. Elizabeth Eckford and ...

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 ...

It is only 9 in the morning, but the sun in Little Rock, Arkansas is beating down on the pavement as it does this time of the year. It is uncomfortably muggy, so 78-year-old Elizabeth Eckford elects ...

In a Friday speech commemorating the 20th anniversary of "Testament: The Little Rock Nine Monument" on the state Capitol grounds, Elizabeth Eckford — one of the "Little Rock Nine" — stressed the ...

“Historical truth deconstructs damaging myths of marginalized people omitted from popular history,” said Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine. Now, several surviving members of the Little ...

Elizabeth Eckford (right) attempts to enter Little Rock High School on Sept. 4, 1957, while Hazel Bryan (left) and other segregationists protest. The book Elizabeth and Hazel chronicles not just that ...

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 ...