On Sept. 25, 1957, nine African-American high school students faced an angry mob of white students outside Little Rock Central High School, testing a landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The Little Rock Nine became a symbol of heroism in the fight for racial progress. The students were: Ernest […]
Black History
Central State’s Little Known Black History Fact
Updated: 3/5/2014 1:05 PM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION Edwina M. Harris Office of University Public Relations 937-376-6198 May 4th Central State University celebrated its 175th Founder’s Day. One of the alumni members inducted into the Alumni Achievement Hall of Fame posthumously was Renown Chemist, Dr. Dennis W. Weatherby, Class of 1982, who received a patent for […]