Elizabeth Eckford

Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine sitting on a commemorative bench, September 4, 2018. The bench is a replica of the bench where she took refuge from a mob of protesters outside Central High School on September 4, 1957.

Older African-American woman in yellow top white shirt and black pants sitting on bench outside brick building

Photo by Rosslyn Elliott

Media

Time Period

Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform (1968–2022)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Education / Educational Issues and Controversies / Race / School Desegregation / School Segregation and Desegregation

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Female

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