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On today’s HBCU Know, Rock T highlights a pioneering HBCU alumna of Central State University. Elizabeth Eckford is an underrated historic treasure.
Edgar is most known as being the first black student to integrate a public high school.
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As part of the Little Rock Nine, she and a group of eight other students were chosen to attend the previously all-white Little Rock High School. The students were selected on the criteria of excellent grades and attendance. Though the entire group was originally supposed to enter together through the back door to avoid potential danger, she bravely entered alone through the front—making her the first!
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She earned a Bachelor’s in History from CSU and an honorary doctorate degree from Knox College. After college, Eckford served in the army for five years.
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Central State University is located in Wilberforce, Ohio and was established in 1887. It is home of the Maroon and Gold Marauders and the Invincible Maroon Marauder Band.
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