Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock, Ark., high school in the nation's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 67.
Jefferson Thomas was fast and athletic and often played pickup basketball with white students while growing up in Little Rock in the 1950s.
School Integration Pioneer Was Among 9 Black Students Who Broke Color Barrier at Ark. High School in 1957
Mr. Thomas was one of nine black students who, protected by federal soldiers, attended high school in a landmark civil rights case.
Little Rock Nine member Jefferson Thomas has died at age 67 in Columbus, Ohio.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in America's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 67.
Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas -- Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the United States' first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 68.
WASHINGTON — One of the puzzling questions about Barack Obama's presidency is how the post-partisan candidate of 2008 became the polarizing chief executive of 2010. The answer may be surprising. He was far more polarizing from the start than many recognized. His choices in office and his opponents' responses have only hardened that divide.