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Little Rock Reunion

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Robert talks to 2 former students of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated the school in 1957.
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The two have been reunited as part of a student history project.
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Robert talks to 2 former students of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; Elizabeth Eckford and Kendall Rhinehart. Eckford, a Black woman, was one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated the school in 1957. Rhinehart is a white man who was among the few who treated her as an equal in the classroom. They recall the harassment that they both withstood, and reflect on the ways their friends and families reacted at the time. The two have been reunited as part of a student history project.

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