Elizabeth Eckford

Elizabeth Eckford

female, 67 years old
Congressional Gold Medal recipient, Hazel Bryan Massery, Little Rock Central High School, United States National Guard, LittleRockNine, U.S. Army
Elizabeth Eckford (born October 1941) is one of the African American students known as the Little Rock Nine. On September 4, 1957, she and eight...
Ernest Green

Ernest Green

male, 68 years old
From Little Rock, Arkansas, Clinton administration controversy, From Little Rock, Master of Arts, Little Rock Central High School, American Civil Rights Movement…LittleRockNine, Little Rock
Ernest G. Green (born September 22, 1941) was one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black...
Daisy Bates

Daisy Bates

female, deceased (1999)
From Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, LittleRockNine, Civil Rights, From Little Rock, United States National Guard…Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock Integration Crisis
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (born November 11, 1914 in Huttig, Arkansas - died November 4, 1999 in Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American civil rights...
Terrence Roberts

Terrence Roberts

male, 68 years old
University of California, Little Rock Central High School, antioch university, LittleRockNine, clinical psychologist, Spingarn Medal winner
Terrence Roberts (born 1941 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) gained national prominence as one of the Little Rock Nine. After one year at Little Rock...

Terrence Roberts

male, 68 years old
University of California, antioch university, LittleRockNine, clinical psychologist, African-American, clinical psychology…Little Rock Central High School
Terrence Roberts (born 1941 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) gained national prominence as one of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American...

Minnijean Brown-Trickey

female
angry mob, First Nations, sudbury, laurentian university, Congressional Gold Medal, Greater Sudbury…Little Rock Central High School, LittleRockNine
Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of a group of African-American teenagers known as the "Little Rock Nine." On September 25, 1957, under the gaze of...

Jefferson Thomas

male, 67 years old
Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School, Little Rock Central High School, Nine from Little Rock, Congressional Gold Medal, United States Information Agency, Horace Mann High School…LittleRockNine
Jefferson Thomas was one of the Little Rock Nine. Thomas is the youngest of seven children. Before enrolling at Little Rock Central High School, he...
Carlotta Walls Lanier

Carlotta Walls Lanier

female
University of Northern Colorado, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, African American, Spingarn Medal winner, Michigan State University alumni, LittleRockNine…Little Rock Central High School
Carlotta Walls Lanier was the youngest member of the "Little Rock Nine" the nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High...
Melba Pattillo Beals

Melba Pattillo Beals

female, 67 years old
Columbia University, Eyes on the Prize, racial integration, Arkansas writer, Little Rock Central High School, Central high…LittleRockNine, Little Rock
Melba Pattillo Beals (born December 7, 1941) is a journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who were the...
Gloria Ray Karlmark

Gloria Ray Karlmark

female, 67 years old
Congressional Gold Medal recipient, African American, LittleRockNine
Gloria Ray Karlmark was born in 1942 and she was one of the Little Rock Nine. She was 15 when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High...