LaNier, along with Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas and Thelma Mothershed, are members of the Little Rock Nine, the ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In 1954, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision, ruling that segregation was illegal after hearing arguments in the Brown v. Board of Education case. This marked the formal end ...