Friday, January 15, 2010

Today, we drove about 7 hours then arrived in Little Rock, AR. We first toured the Visitors Center (which is across from Central High School) then listened to Spirit Trickey (Minnijean Brown's daughter) and Thelma Mothershed. It was very interesting to hear what Thelma's experiences at Central High School and Spirit tell about her mother's story. After that we toured around CHS and walked up the same steps the Little Rock Nine did. It was very cool to walk up the same steps that the 9 did 53 years ago, it was like you could feel history in the presence. We then went to the Arkansas Capitol and saw the Little Rock Nine statues (which are located right outside the governor's window. Whoever made the statues did a very good job because they looked very realistic, except for the color. We have just finished having dinner and are now all in the about to go to bed in our hotel room. Goodnight!! -Emily

1 comment:

Susan Huston said...

Emily,
It sounds like this was an amazing day. I think it would have been fascinating to hear what Spirit Trickey had to share. Her point of view as a daughter of a warrior would have been very intersting.