Chairman of the board of the naacp. Interim president , ceo and to the late elsy and bates, i bring you grievance. To our mayor, the city manager bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to the sixth Anniversary Committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families, we welcome you to this 60 Educational Forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. We thank you for being here and hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a moment and say that naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. A terrible time in our history. I remind you this was way before the march on washington. Its way before in 1964 civil rights act. Its way before the 1965 Voting Rights act. These young people wanted to do to get an education. Thats all theyre aspiring to do. But our system, at that time said you will not be able to go to school based upon a decision by
Chairman of the board of the naacp. Interim president , ceo and to the late elsy and bates, i bring you grievance. To our mayor, the city manager bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to the sixth Anniversary Committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families, we welcome you to this 60 Educational Forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. We thank you for being here and hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a moment and say that naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. A terrible time in our history. I remind you this was way before the march on washington. Its way before in 1964 civil rights act. Its way before the 1965 Voting Rights act. These young people wanted to do to get an education. Thats all theyre aspiring to do. But our system, at that time said you will not be able to go to school based upon a decision by
To our mayor, the city manager, bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to skip rutherford, to the 60th anniversary committee, and for most of all, the little rock nine and their families. We welcome you to the 60th Educational Forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. We thank you for being here and we hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a minute, and say that the naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. A terrible time in our history. I remind you this was way before the march on washington. Its way before in 1964 civil the 1964 civil rights act. It is way before the 1965 Voting Rights act. People wanted to do to get an education. That is all they were trying to do. But our system at that time said , you will not be able to go to school based upon a decision by the United States Supreme Court. Marshall, whoood went on to become a s
Sondra i consider the theme of this particular panel Something Like triumph over adversity. Each of the panelists experienced segregated schools education. Some were directly involved in the crisis year and others were victims of the lost year when all little rock high schools were closed for an entire academic year. Some experienced all three. Despite being used remember, teenagers, like some of you in the audience, they were teenagers during the little rocks chaotic events. All of these guests persevered and succeeded. They lived productive lives, are still living productive lives. They had a remarkable careers and they have given service with distinction. So they obviously all have long resumes. For that reason what i will do is shorten their resume so they have more time to speak. Because there are five speakers up here, we are going to have to move it along pretty quickly. Lottie shackleford has made history throughout her life in politics appointed to the little rock board in the
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