In 1957, she and eight other Black students — the Little Rock Nine — enrolled in a high school in the face of racist mobs and ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Thelma Mothershed-Wair, the eldest member of the Little Rock Nine passed away on Saturday.
Mothershed Wair was one of nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas in 1957 while a mob of white ...
Wair, the oldest member of the Little Rock Nine Students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, passed ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark- The loss of Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed-Wair is a major one in the capital city. She was 83 ...
Many are mourning the loss of an Arkansan who inspired change for the better and changed African-American education across ...
She and eight other students integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of White segregationists ...
FILE - Thelma Mothershed Wair seated on the bench that bears her name at Little Rock Central High School's 49th anniversary ...
Another member of Little Rock Nine is gone, as the eldest of the group, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, died this weekend at the age ...
Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the Little Rock Nine that integrated an Arkansas high school, has died at age 83.