Member of Little Rock Nine Dies: ; Jefferson Thomas Was Among First Group of; Students to Integrate Ark. High School
Charleston Daily Mail › September 07, 2010
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 68.
Thomas died Sunday in Ohio of pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from Carlotta Walls LaNier, who also enrolled at Central High School in 1957 and is president of the Little Rock Nine Foundation.See the full content of this document
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Member of Little Rock Nine Dies: ; Jefferson Thomas Was Among First Group of; Students to Integrate Ark. High School
The integration fight was a first real test of the federal government's resolve t...
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