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Hazel Bryan. ( 1942-01-31) January 31, 1942 (age 82) Spouse. Antoine Massery. Hazel Bryan Massery (born January 31, 1942 [ 1]) is an American former anti-integration activist who was a student at Little Rock Central High School during the Civil Rights Movement. [ 2] She was depicted in an iconic photograph taken by photojournalist Will Counts ...
Designated NHS. November 6, 1998 (#01000274) Little Rock Central High School ( LRCH) is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The school was the site of the Little Rock Crisis in 1957 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation by race in public schools was unconstitutional three years ...
The Ernest Green Story is a 1993 American made-for-television biographical film which follows the true story of Ernest Green (Morris Chestnut) and eight other African-American high-school students (dubbed the "Little Rock Nine") as they embark on their historic journey to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
The nine students greeting New York mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. in 1958. The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by ...
The Little Rock Marathon, started in 2003, is an annual marathon held in Little Rock, Arkansas. The event, which is traditionally held the First Weekend of March each year, attracts participants from all 50 states and over 15 different countries. The mission of the Little Rock Marathon is to provide a premier event open to athletes of all ...
Students make their way into Little Rock Central High School on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, for the first day of classes in the Little Rock School District. (Tommy Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via ...
L. Alex Wilson. L. Alex Wilson in Chicago Defender office c. 1960. L. Alex Wilson (March 30, 1909–October 11, 1960) was an American journalist and editor who rose to prominence during the civil rights movement. He covered the Emmett Till murder for the African-American -oriented Chicago Defender chain, while serving as the editor of the ...
The Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) was an organization formed by a group of socially prominent white women in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas during the Little Rock Crisis in 1958. The organization advocated for the integration of the Little Rock public school system and was a major obstacle to Governor Orval Faubus 's ...