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The Historic Magnolia/Mobil Service Station sits at the corner of Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive and Park Street in front of the Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 28, 2018. As one of the only businesses in the area with a pay phone, it served reporters from all over the world who filed their reports during the early days of the desegregation crisis in Little Rock. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

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Interpretive Park Ranger Jodi Morris, explains the architecture to a group of visitors to Central High School, in Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 28, 2018. Morris works for the Department of the Interior, National Park Service and leads tours at the high school, which is now a National Historic Site. The school is where President Dwight D. Eisenhower had to intervene when the “Little Rock Nine,” a group of nine African American students, were initially prevented from entering the school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

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Interpretive Park Ranger Jodi Morris, leads a group of visitors into Central High School, in Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 28, 2018. Morris works for the Department of the Interior, National Park Service and leads tours at the high school, which is now a National Historic Site. The school is where President Dwight D. Eisenhower had to intervene when the “Little Rock Nine,” a group of nine African American students, were initially prevented from entering the school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

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Interpretive Park Ranger Jodi Morris, explains the architecture to a group of visitors to Central High School, in Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 28, 2018. Morris works for the Department of the Interior, National Park Service and leads tours at the high school, which is now a National Historic Site. The school is where President Dwight D. Eisenhower had to intervene when the “Little Rock Nine,” a group of nine African American students, were initially prevented from entering the school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

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A group of visitors to Central High School, in Little Rock, Ark., listen as Interpretive Park Ranger Jodi Morris, speaks about the “Little Rock Nine,” Feb. 28, 2018. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had to intervene when the group of nine African American students were prevented from entering the school in 1957. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

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A group of visitors to Central High School, in Little Rock, Ark., listen as Interpretive Park Ranger Jodi Morris, speaks about the “Little Rock Nine,” Feb. 28, 2018. On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared all laws establishing segregated schools to be unconstitutional, and by 1957 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) had registered nine African American students to attend Central High. However, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to the school to support segregationists, and it took the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who sent more than 11,500 Soldiers from 101st Airborne Division to ensure the safety of the nine students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Earl Thomas, communications superintendent, 913th Force Support Squadron, explains what a tour of Little Rock Central High Scholl means to him Feb. 28, 2018, at Little Rock, Ark. Thomas was part of a group that toured the high school, which is now a National Historic Site, where President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent more than 11,500 Soldiers from 101st Airborne Division, when the “Little Rock Nine,” a group of nine African American students, were initially prevented from entering the school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

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Walking through history

Published March 6, 2018
By Master Sgt. Jeff Walston
913th Airlift Group

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- The Historic Magnolia/Mobil Service Station sits at the corner of Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive and Park Street in front of the Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 28, 2018. As one of the only businesses in the area with a pay phone, it served reporters from all over the world who filed their reports during the early days of the desegregation crisis in Little Rock. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

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