By NOUR HABIB Scene Writer on Feb 7, 2013, at 11:00 AM Updated on 2/06 at 3:31 PM
TULSA TO DO
Some of the week's options:
Sunday
Sunday is the last day to attend the 41st annual Tulsa International Mayfest ...
There's much to do this weekend. Here are some of the options:
Mayfest
The 41st annual Tulsa International Mayfest ...
Some of the week's options:
Sunday
Today is the last day of the 82nd annual Rooster Days Festival in downtown Broken ...
Carlotta Walls LaNier is one of the "Little Rock Nine," the first African-American students to integrate into their local high school. LaNier was 14 at the time, the youngest of the group.
The nine students headed to Little Rock Central High School on a morning in early September 1957, but Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus deployed the National Guard to block them from entering the school. Eventually, President Eisenhower intervened and sent federal troops to escort the students into the school later that month. The incident is regarded as one of the most important events of the Civil Rights Movement.
LaNier will be at Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday to speak about her book, "A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock High School." A book signing will follow.
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