NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlotta Walls LaNier about her new children's picture book, "Carlotta's Special Dress," ...

In 1957, Brown Trickey was one of nine African American students who courageously desegregated Little Rock Central High School under federal protection, becoming a pivotal figure in the American civil ...

It’s quite a story, of course. LaNier, along with Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas and Thelma Mothershed, are members of ...

LaNier dedicated this book to her two grandchildren, and said she wanted children to understand the history of the Little ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Travelers will honor the Little Rock Nine during the 2025 season with special uniforms and hats during three games in August. “The Arkansas Travelers are honored to ...

The Arkansas Travelers will pay tribute to the Little Rock Nine during the 2025 baseball season on August 21-23. The Travelers will honor all nine of the brave students who desegregated Little Rock ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Saturday, two of the surviving members of the Little Rock Nine were honored at the Arkansas Travelers game along with the relatives of other members. “It's really a ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Thelma Mothershed-Wair, the eldest member of the Little Rock Nine passed away on Saturday. Mothershed-Wair was born on November 29, 1940, in Bloomberg, Texas and became a national ...

Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas' capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults, ...

In 1957, nine Black students entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, an all-white school. A monument was installed on Capitol grounds in Little Rock in 2025. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ...

“I didn’t think anybody was really going to hurt her because, you know, we’ve had racial incidents in Little Rock over the years,” Davis said of her sister. “People would say things that were mean, ...

Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of White segregationists yelled threats and insults, died Oct. 19 at a hospital ...