The Schoolgirl Who Would Not Tremble
On September 4, 1957, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford put on the black and white dress her mother had sewn for the first day of school and...
This is a contemporary on courage and dignity, drawing on Isaiah 41:10.
On September 4, 1957, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford put on the black and white dress her mother had sewn for the first day of school and walked toward Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. She was one of nine Black students chosen to integrate the all-white school, but Elizabeth had not received word that the group planned to arrive together.…
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