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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A series of panel discussions and combined concerts and book readings on Civil Rights will be held on five dates in June starting Saturday, June 10, at
Memphis, Tennessee June 10-14, 2023 Free to the Public Community …
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Elizabeth Eckford of the "Little Rock Nine" will speak in Coral Springs at an event where all proceeds benefit Honor Flight South Florida, a local volunteer organization that flies aging veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials at no cost.
True grace and beauty radiate from within. And, during the September events commemorating the 65th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High in 1957, civil-rights Icon Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine absolutely glowed.
Elizabeth Eckford who was one of nine black students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957, will speak about her experience Thursday in Pensacola. In honor of the occasion, WUWF’s Sandra Averhart is digging into the archives for a look back at a 2017 autobiography Eckford co-authored with a Pensacola mother and daughter.