The Easton Area School District will honor more than 40 minority students this year at its Little Rock Nine awards, according to a news release. The awards are given annually in honor of nine ...

little rock, ark. — 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.

After a couple more failed attempts in September, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school for their first full day of classes on Sept. 25.

Thelma Mothershed-Wair, who has died aged 83, was one of the nine black students who in 1957 had to be escorted by the 101st Airborne Division through jeering mobs at Little Rock Central High ...

FARGO — The federal courtroom in Little Rock, Arkansas, where Fargo U.S. District Judge Ronald Davies made the so-called Little Rock Nine decision in 1957, is under renovation and will soon ...