LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Thelma Mothershed-Wair, who contributed to desegregation in the Little Rock public school system, was celebrated and laid to rest on Saturday. Mothershed-Wair’s funeral service was ...
In 1957, nine Black students entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, an all-white school. A monument was installed on Capitol grounds in Little Rock in 2025. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ...
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 ...
Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of White segregationists yelled threats and insults, died Oct. 19 at a hospital ...
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, ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Many are mourning the loss of an Arkansan who inspired change and changed African American education across the nation. Thelma Mothershed-Wair was the oldest member of the Little ...
(Little Rock, KATV) — 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 civil rights ...
Jared Sundstrom and Lazaro Montes of the Arkansas Travelers wearing Little Rock Nine uniforms. Members of the Arkansas Travelers stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a game in North Little Rock ...
“I didn’t think anybody was really going to hurt her because, you know, we’ve had racial incidents in Little Rock over the years,” Davis said of her sister. “People would say things that were mean, ...
Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas school, has died
Read full article: Inspiring recruitment for future law enforcement in Bedford County Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas' capital city of ...
Thelma Mothershed Wait, 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, ...
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