Speaking for Myself, by Sarah Huckabee Sanders: on Civil Rights


Mike Huckabee: Barring blacks from Little Rock High wrong; we renounce it

A 5-minute drive from the Governor's Mansion is Little Rock Central High School. On September 23, 1957, nine African American students--who later became known as the Little Rock Nine--attempted to enter the halls of Central High, following the Supreme Court's landmark "Brown vs. Board of Education" decision of 1954, ruling against segregation in public schools. Forty years later, as a student at Central High, I stood on the front steps and cheered alongside thousands of students, parents, and dignitaries from around the world as President Bill Clinton and my dad, Governor Mike Huckabee, helped open up the door of Central High for the Little Rock Nine--the same doors that were previously closed to them because they were black.

My dad addressed the crowd and said, "What happened here forty years ago was simply wrong. It was evil and we renounce it. We've come to confront the pain of the past, to celebrate the perseverance of some very courageous people."

Source: Speaking for Myself, by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, p. 31-33 Sep 8, 2020

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