09-04, THIS DAY n 1957, 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford strode through screaming white students and parents to try to enter High School in #Arkansas, one of the 'Little Rock Nine'.
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A mob of 400 screaming and jeering white parents and children, with the active collusion of the #Arkansas National Guard (under the Governor's orders), stopped her and the others entering.
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On 23rd September, they finally entered the school, protected by elements of the 101st Airborne Division.
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Elizabeth finished High School, went to college, served in the US Army, became a teacher then a probation officer.
Educationally, as in life, she out-performed 98% of the students at the High School.
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Educationally, as in life, she out-performed 98% of the students at the High School.
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Today she lives quietly in retirement in Florida.
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5/5.
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