Elizabeth Eckford

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African American civil rights activist human member of the Little Rock Nine

Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, the African American students who bravely integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, becoming a symbol of the civil rights movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American
civil rights activist
human
member of the Little Rock Nine
associatedWith Little Rock Central High School
NAACP
surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal
causeSupported desegregation of public schools
racial integration in education
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
describedBySource accounts of the Little Rock Nine
civil rights histories of the 1950s
educatedAt Little Rock Central High School
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans
familyName Eckford
genreOfWork civil rights testimony
givenName Elizabeth
hasCharacteristic courage
perseverance
hasInfluenced later civil rights activism by students
public perception of school desegregation
hasOccupation activist
public speaker
hasPhoto famous 1957 photograph being harassed by a white mob
image walking alone toward Little Rock Central High School
hasRole civil rights figure
student
languageSpoken English
memberOf Little Rock Nine
movement American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement
notableFor being one of the Little Rock Nine
integrating Little Rock Central High School
role in the American civil rights movement
notableWork public speeches about her experiences in Little Rock
opposedBy segregationists in Little Rock
partOf desegregation of public schools in the United States
placeOfBirth Little Rock, Arkansas
surface form: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
residence Little Rock, Arkansas
surface form: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
sexOrGender female
significantEvent Little Rock Integration Crisis
surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957
subjectOf documentaries on the Little Rock Nine
history textbooks about school desegregation
photographs documenting the Little Rock crisis
timePeriod 20th century
21st century
topicOf museum exhibits on the Little Rock Nine
scholarly articles on school integration

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Little Rock Integration Crisis involves Elizabeth Eckford
Little Rock Integration Crisis involves Elizabeth Eckford
this entity surface form: Ernest Green