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Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member

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Minnijean Brown-Trickey

American activist

Minnijean Brown-Trickey is an American political figure who was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American teenagers who integrated Little Rock Central High School. The integration followed the Brown v. Board of Education decision which required public…
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Little Rock Nine

African-American students enrolled at a desegregated high school in Arkansas in 1957

The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval…
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