Americans’ collective memory of school desegregation involves crowds of screaming white protesters. But less well known are the whites who stood by quietly, and those who approved of the changes.
HOT SPRINGS Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine who Will Counts photographed being harassed in front of Little Rock Central High School, considers herself "a footnote to history," she said during a panel discussion about the event at the 32nd Annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival on Tuesday.
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Elizabeth Eckford of the "Little Rock Nine" will speak in Coral Springs at an event where all proceeds benefit Honor Flight South Florida, a local volunteer organization that flies aging veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials at no cost.