Thelma Mothershed Wair, 83, Dies

Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas school, has died
Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults, has died at age 83.
Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed Wair dies at 83
FILE - Thelma Mothershed Wair seated on the bench that bears her name at Little Rock Central High School's 49th anniversary celebration of its integration on Sept. 25, 2006 as they dedicated memorial benches around the reflecting pool that carry the names of the nine black students. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEVE KEESEE)
Arkansas flags to be flown at half-staff to mourn Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed Wair
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has ordered that the U.S. and Arkansas state flags be flown at half-staff on October 26, in memory of Thelma Mothershed Wair.
Remembering Thelma Mothershed-Wair of the Little Rock Nine
Another member of Little Rock Nine is gone, as the eldest of the group, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, died this weekend at the age of 83.Little Rock Nine member and c
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders orders flags to half-staff in honor of Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed-Wair
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has ordered flags in Arkansas to be flown at half-staff Saturday in honor of Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed-Wair's passing.
Thelma Mothershed-Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine, passes away
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Thelma Mothershed-Wair, the eldest member of the Little Rock Nine passed away on Saturday. Mothershed-Wair was born on November 29, 1940, in Bloomberg, Texas and became a national hero as one of nine African American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
Little Rock Nine civil rights pioneer Thelma Mothershed-Wair has died
News came this weekend that Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine, has died. She was 83.
AP: Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas school, has died
SummaryOne of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas' capital city in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults at them has died at age 83. Thelma
Thelma Mothershed Wait, a member of the Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas school, has died
One of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults at them has
Thelma Mothershed Wair, 83, Dies; One of 9 Who Integrated a School
In 1957, she and eight other Black students — the Little Rock Nine — enrolled in a high school in the face of racist mobs and a resistant Jim Crow governor.
Thelma Mothershed Wair, Iconic Little Rock Nine Member Who Integrated An Arkansas School, Dies At 83
Thelma Mothershed Wair, the iconic member of the Little Rock Nine who helped integrate an Arkansas high school in 1957 despite opposition from white protesters, has died at the age of 83.
Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine, dies at 83
She and eight other students integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of White segregationists ...
Thelma Mothershed-Wair, Little Rock Nine member, dies at 83
Wair, the oldest member of the Little Rock Nine Students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, passed ...
Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed Wair dies
A member of the Little Rock Nine has died. Thelma Mothershed Wair died Saturday at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, ...