Came across this on Reddit..

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Came across this. Unbelievablely she is only 63. Brave family, not sure I'd have the guts TBH.

Sorry, thought it would post the explanation too. That is the first black child to attend a white school in 1963. Loads of parents pulled their kids out rather than let her attend with them, and she had to have police protection.

Bless her, she's tiny! Not fair for her to have to be the brave one
My DD couldn't have done it.

The pictures of the Little Rock Nine in 1957 horrify me. Elizabeth Eckford is 76 now and has met the woman shouting abuse at her - think it was for an episode of Oprah.

That Little Rock photo, how dignified does she look compared to the other women?

She was 15

Just found this article about Elizabeth Eckford (Little Rock)

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/8813134/Elizabeth-Eckford-and-Hazel-Bryan-the-story-behind-the-photograph-that-shamed-America.html

Love her mother's advice 'be nice, and put them to shame.'

It really is shocking to think this was only in 1963!