Jefferson Thomas, one of the African-American students part of the Little Rock High school segregation controversy walking amongst students in hallway of Central High School, Little Rock Arkansas, four years after graduating. The hall is filled with students changing classes. Thomas climbs staircase holding the bannister. A white student courteously tries to help him find his way. He walks down a hall and looks at teacher and students in a classroom. Scene shifts to years earlier, showing Thelma Mothershed, another of the Little Rock Nine African-American students, in a similar classroom at Central High, and then rapidly to her walking along a hallway, at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. She speaks of teaching and children, as scenes show her with children in school settings. She is also seen in a dressmaking class. Scene reverts back to her at Central High in Little Rock.
"Little Rock Nine" African American students are escorted from Little Rock Central High School by armed United States Army 101st Airborne soldiers, and enter a Country Sedan station wagon under 'Operation Arkansas' in Little Rock. Soldiers board a jeep and follow the station wagon. Soldiers march and drill with guns in front of the school.
Operation Arkansas by U.S. army in Little Rock, Arkansas. U.S. 101st Airborne Division soldier reads Arkansas Democrat newspaper. Soldiers play cards in the grandstand field. Soldiers stand on grounds of National Guard Armory, where troops are billeted. Buildings in area.
Operation Arkansas by U.S. army in Little Rock, Arkansas. Grounds of National Guard Armory in Little Rock where some soldiers of U.S. 101st Airborne Division are billeted. A few soldiers stand near tents. Cloth line near tents. Soldiers standing in chow line. Soldiers eating. Photographers take pictures of two soldiers as they walk along street. Two soldiers escort African American students to station wagon on leaving the Central High School.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards in Little Rock, Arkansas during Operation Arkansas. Change of the guards in front of Little Rock Central High School. A car pulls away in front of school. Guards march in front of school.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards in Little Rock, Arkansas during Operation Arkansas. Reflection of Little Rock Central High School building in water. Front facade of building. Guards march in front of building.
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