Brown versus Topeka Board of Education Anniversary Celebration
The Legacy of Segregation: Elizabeth Eckford
Monday, March 22, 7:00
Union Film Auditorium

On Sept. 2, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus issued an order for the National Guard to prevent black students from entering Little Rock's Central High School. A judge granted an injunction against Faubus' attempts to stop integration; the troops were removed on Sept. 20. Eight days later, Elizabeth and the rest of the "Little Rock Nine" were the first blacks to enroll at Central.

Elizabeth Eckford is one of the "Little Rock Nine," the first black students to integrate Little Rock High School . The image of fifteen-year-old Eckford, walking alone through a screaming mob in front of Central High School, propelled the crisis into the nation's living rooms and brought international attention to Little Rock. Hear Elizabeth discuss the challenges and triumphs of integration and why we have to continue to work for racial equality. Co-sponsored by the Office for Minority Affairs, the UNC chapter of the NAACP and the Carolina Women's Center.