Little Rock Nine, Thelma Mothershed-Wair

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.
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.
Thelma Mothershed Wair, of the School-Integrating Little Rock Nine, Dies at 83
Mothershed Wair was one of nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults.
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 Helped Integrate Arkansas School. She Has Died at 83
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 died at age 83
Arkansas leaders mourn death of Little Rock 9 member Thelma Mothershed-Wair
Many are mourning the loss of an Arkansan who inspired change for the better and changed African-American education across the nation.
Thelma Mothershed Wair, Little Rock Nine member who integrated Arkansas school, dies aged 83
Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the group of nine teenagers who made history in 1957 when they became the first Black students to attend a previously segregated high school in Little Rock, Arkansas,
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
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