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Eckford House
Eckford may refer to: People * Elizabeth Eckford (born 1941), one of the Little Rock Nine group of African-American students * Henry Eckford (horticulturist) (1823–1905), British plant breeder * Henry Eckford (shipbuilder) (1775–1832), Scottish-born American naval architect and shipbuilder * Joseph Eckford (1814–1884), Australian politician * James Eckford Lauder (1811–1869), Scottish artist * Maggie Eckford (born c. 1986), American singer-songwriter better known by her stage name Ruelle (singer) * Tyler Eckford (born 1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player Places * Eckford, Scottish Borders, a village in Roxburghshire, Scotland * The Eckford chain of lakes in the Adirondack Mountains in the United States * Eckford Township, Michigan, a civil township in Calhoun County, Michigan, in the United States Ships * PS Henry Eckford, PS ''Henry Eckford'', an American commercial steamship in service from 1824 to 1841, the first steamship with a compound engine * , a U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Eckford
Elizabeth Ann Eckford (born October 4, 1941) is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The integration came as a result of ''Brown v. Board of Education''. Eckford's public ordeal was captured by press photographers on the morning of September 4, 1957, after she was prevented from entering the school by the Arkansas National Guard. A dramatic snapshot by Will Counts of the ''Arkansas Democrat'' showed the young girl being followed and threatened by an angry white mob; this and other photos of the day's startling events were circulated around the US and the world by the press. Counts's image was the unanimous selection by the Pulitzer jury for a 1958 Pulitzer Prize, but since the story had earned then-rival ''Arkansas Gazette'' two other Pulitzer Prizes already, the Pulitzer board awarded the prize to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |