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U.S. Army paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division escorting members of the Little Rock Nine to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 1957.
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September 23, 1957: The Day the Mob Turned the Little Rock Nine Away

Sixty-nine years ago today, a mob of a thousand surrounded Central High in Little Rock — and the nine Black…