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Little Rock 9 member celebrates 80th birthday with students

Associated Press October 7, 2021

Elizabeth Eckford, one of the nine Black students who first integrated Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, celebrated her 80th birthday at the school with the help of about a dozen students.

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May 27: “Littlerock Nine” member, Ernest Green, became the first African American to graduate from Central High School, 1958

Black365.comMay 27, 2021

May 27: “Littlerock Nine” member, Ernest Green, became the first African American to graduate from Central High School, 1958