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Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Elizabeth Eckford | |
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 Eckford, age 15, pursued by a mob, with Hazel Massery directly behind, at Little Rock Central High School on the first day of the school year, September 4, 1957. | |
| Born | Elizabeth Ann Eckford October 4, 1941 Little Rock, Arkansas, US |
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| Movement | Civil rights movement |
| Children | Erin Eckford & Calvin Oliver |
| Parent | Oscar & Birdie Eckford |
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