Updated September 4, 2024 at 10:40 a.m. Elizabeth Eckord walked to her first day of school at Little Rock High on this day in 1957. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ✉️ each day! Sign up here. Who is Elizabeth Eckford?Elizabeth Eckford is one of the “Little Rock Nine,” a group of African American students who played a pivotal role in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas, USA, during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s. When Elizabeth attempted to enter the school, which had been previously an all-white institution, she was met with a hostile crowd of prote…