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In 1957, Elizabeth was one of the nine colored students who had been enlisted and selected, to enter Little Rock Central High School. Little Rock was the first high school set to be desegregated. Elizabeth wanted to be a lawyer, so she thought Little Rock would help her fulfill that dream. While Elizabeth headed towards the school, lots of white people were lined up at Park Street. A crowd was formed behind Elizabeth, her knees were shaking of fear. They started yelling at her. Looking for a friendly face, she turned to an old white women that spat on her. A girl, Hazel Massery looked infuriated. Hazel yelled “Go back to Africa!” Will Counts, a photographer for the Arkansas Democrat, had taken this

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