Black History “Erryday”: Happy 77th Birthday Elizabeth Eckford

by Kiki

Elizabeth Eckford 10/4/41Little Rock, AR

As one of the “Little Rock Nine” she and eight other students in 1957 integrated a segregated high school in Little Rock, AR.

The Little Rock Nine was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in 1999.

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