After we toured P. Allen Smith's estate, we headed back into Little Rock and visited the Central High School Visitors' Center. Central High is still there and a functioning high school. In fact, classes were letting out for the day as we arrived. The visitor center is located across the street, as is the Mobil station, preserved and looking pretty much as it did that day, 62 years ago, when nine black students, later dubbed the "Little Rock Nine," attempted to enter the school and attend classes, effectively starting the process of ending segregation. This is their story.
Following this, we worked in a little R&R, napped, refreshed, then headed to the most delicious Italian dinner at Bruno's Little Italy.
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