Little Rock Marks Desegregation Anniversary
One of the "Little Rock Nine" students says after she signed up to go to Central High School, she skipped home unaware of what was to come.
She said her innocent belief that if the white students got to know her everything would work out were shattered the day the soldiers stopped her from entering the school. The former Little Rock, Ark., student talks to Alex Chadwick.
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