#31 Remembering Little Rock

Remembering "The Little Rock Nine" in 1957
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​On September 21,  I did a different kind of celebrating of the Fifties.  On a quiet Sunday afternoon,  Don and I visited Little Rock Central High, where 9 brave and determined African American teenagers attempted to go to school, 57 years ago.  They were banned from attending that first day, by the Arkansas National Guard.   

To protect the students from mobs of angry protesters, Eisenhower eventually called out the US Army's 101st Airborne Division to escort the students into school.  

With my often silly focus on the fifties, it was nice to celebrate something really meaningful for a change... to celebrate the amazing young people who made a big impact on the desegregation of American schools.
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