Seventy years after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision ended racial segregation in public schools, members of the "Little Rock Nine" -- the first group of African American ...

It’s quite a story, of course. LaNier, along with Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas and Thelma Mothershed, are members of ...

Colorado Springs residents were treated to a piece of living history on Tuesday when Carlotta Walls LaNier, one of nine Black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, visited ...

LaNier dedicated this book to her two grandchildren, and said she wanted children to understand the history of the Little ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Thelma Mothershed-Wair, the eldest member of the Little Rock Nine passed away on Saturday. Mothershed-Wair was born on November 29, 1940, in Bloomberg, Texas and became a national ...

On this day in 1957, nine black students entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, an all-white school. Watch the video above to see the full story.The students, known as the Little Rock ...

Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Travelers will honor the Little Rock Nine during the 2025 season with special uniforms and hats during three games in August. “The Arkansas Travelers are honored to ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In 1957, the Little Rock Nine walked through the doors of Central High School and into history. 65 years later, that moment continues to affect how people live. On Tuesday, the ...

A member of the Little Rock Nine has died. Thelma Mothershed Wair died Saturday at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, said her sister, Grace Davis. Mothershed Wair, 83, suffered from multiple ...

Jared Sundstrom and Lazaro Montes of the Arkansas Travelers wearing Little Rock Nine uniforms. Members of the Arkansas Travelers stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a game in North Little Rock ...