(HR) ABOVE: Minnijean Brown Trickey <cq> gives Thelma Mothershed Wair <cq> a kiss on the head while the group waits to have their photo taken. The others are Jefferson Thomas <cq>, Gloria Ray Karlmark <cq> Ernest Green <Cq> and Elizabeth Eckford <cq>. (Mi

(HR) ABOVE: Minnijean Brown Trickey <cq> gives Thelma Mothershed Wair <cq> a kiss on the head while the group waits to have their photo taken. The others are Jefferson Thomas <cq>, Gloria Ray Karlmark <cq> Ernest Green <Cq> and Elizabeth Eckford <cq>. (Missing in the photo are: Terrence Roberts <cq>, Carlotta Walls LaNier <cq>, and Melba Pattillo Beals <cq> The nine members of what is now called the Little Rock Nine came together for only the 5th time in 50 years at Congregation Emanuel for an interfaith gathering. In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined them the Little Rock Nine to identify the first African-American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. On September 3, 1957 the LIttle Rock Nine arrived to enter Central High school but were turned away by the Arkansas National Guard. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
(HR) ABOVE: Minnijean Brown Trickey <cq> gives Thelma Mothershed Wair <cq> a kiss on the head while the group waits to have their photo taken. The others are Jefferson Thomas <cq>, Gloria Ray Karlmark <cq> Ernest Green <Cq> and Elizabeth Eckford <cq>. (Missing in the photo are: Terrence Roberts <cq>, Carlotta Walls LaNier <cq>, and Melba Pattillo Beals <cq> The nine members of what is now called the Little Rock Nine came together for only the 5th time in 50 years at Congregation Emanuel for an interfaith gathering. In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined them the Little Rock Nine to identify the first African-American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. On September 3, 1957 the LIttle Rock Nine arrived to enter Central High school but were turned away by the Arkansas National Guard. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
(HR) ABOVE: Minnijean Brown Trickey <cq> gives Thelma Mothershed Wair <cq> a kiss on the head while the group waits to have their photo taken. The others are Jefferson Thomas <cq>, Gloria Ray Karlmark <cq> Ernest Green <Cq> and Elizabeth Eckford <cq>. (Mi
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