Eckford Bench

Commemorative bench dedicated on September 4, 2018. It is a replica of the bench where Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine took refuge from a segregationist mob outside Central High School on September 4, 1957.

Bench across the street from multistory brick building

Photo by Rosslyn Elliott

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