Tale of Two Girls from 'Little Rock Nine'

Itâ??s the face of a white girlâ??she was only 15 years old, but everyone always thinks her older than that, and judges her accordinglyâ??shouting at an equally familiar, iconic figure: a sole black school girl dressed immaculately in white, her mournful and frightened eyes hidden behind sunglasses, clutching her books and walking stoically away from Little Rock Central High School on Sept. 4, 1957â??the date when, in many ways, desegregation first hit the South where it hurt.