Mothershed-Wair became a national hero as one of the nine African American students involved in the desegregation of Little ...

Mothershed Wair would eventually earn her high school diploma at Central High School, before going on to earn both her ...

In 1957, Mrs. Mothershed Wair and eight other Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. They faced racist ...

Thelma Watershed Wair, one of the historical Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957 amidst an angry mob of white separationist and who later graduated from Southern Illinois ...

Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the group of nine teenagers who made history in 1957 when they became the first Black students to attend a previously segregated high school in Little Rock, ...

Mothershed Wair died Saturday at a hospital in Little Rock after having complications from multiple sclerosis, her sister, ...

Many are mourning the loss of an Arkansan who inspired change for the better and changed African-American education across ...

Another member of Little Rock Nine is gone, as the eldest of the group, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, died this weekend at the age ...

Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults, ...

Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the Little Rock Nine that integrated an Arkansas high school, has died at age 83.

Legendary Arkansas activist and member of the Little Rock Nine, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, has sadly passed away at the age of ...

EDWARDSVILLE - Thelma Watershed Wair,one of the historical Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957 ...